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The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings in the central business district of Glasgow. It developed between about 1867 and 1940 and includes representative examples of Second Empire , Italianate , and Queen Anne style architecture.
Glasgow City Corporation had been petitioning the government since the early 19th century for more military protection from their fear of "riot and tumult" in the growing industrial city. Despite the fact that Maryhill at the time was an independent burgh , it agreed to the erection of Glasgow's new barracks, with the greatly enlarged complex ...
In 1967 it became the headquarters of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers, which was formed by the amalgamation of the redesignated 1st (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry and the 5th/6th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, which had been based at the Hill Street drill hall. [2]
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The Battle of Glasgow was fought on October 15, 1864, in and near Glasgow as part of Price's Missouri Expedition during the American Civil War. Although the battle resulted in a Confederate victory and the capture of significant war material, it had little long-term benefit as Price was ultimately defeated at Westport a week later, bringing his ...
The building was designed by Horatio Kelson Bromhead as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Highland Light Infantry [1] and completed in 1897. [2]This unit became the 5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (Territorial Force) in 1908.
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The summit of Conic Hill with; in the background its sub-summit at 358 m (1,175 ft) It is on the east bank of Loch Lomond , beside the village of Balmaha , which is nowhere near Stirling. It is a sharp little summit which is on the Highland Boundary Fault .