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Trongate with Tron kirk steeple on left, viewing west The Trongate 1889. Trongate is one of the oldest streets in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.Trongate begins at Glasgow Cross, where the steeple of the old Glasgow Tolbooth is situated, being the original centre of medieval Glasgow, and goes westward changing its name to Argyle Street at Glassford Street.
Back-alley in Glasgow, 1871 Main Street, Gorbals, looking north, 1868 Facade of the Tontine Hotel on the Gallowgate in Glasgow; from Photographs of streets, closes &c., Taken 1868-1871 Glasgow Thomas Annan (1829–1887) was a Scottish photographer, notable for being the first to record the bad housing conditions of the poor.
In 1451, the University of Glasgow was founded by papal bull and established in religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral. By the start of the 16th century, Glasgow had become an important religious and academic city and by the 17th century the university had moved from the cathedral precincts to its own building in the High Street.
1725: Glasgow occupied by General Wade's army; protests and street violence against liquor tax; 1726: Daniel Defoe describes Glasgow as "The cleanest and best-built city in Britain"; 50 ships a year sail to America; 1729: The Glasgow Journal newspaper is published; 1730: The Glasgow Linen Society is formed; 1735: The city's ship-owners own 67 ships
An early map of Glasgow in 1776, centred on Glasgow Cross. The area around Glasgow has hosted communities for millennia, [specify] with the River Clyde providing a natural location for fishing. The Romans later built outposts in the area and, to protect Roman Britannia from the Brittonic speaking Caledonians, constructed the Antonine Wall.
Richard Thomas' 1795 "Map of the town of Glasgow & country seven miles around" clearly shows the course of the burn. [3] The source at that time was a small loch at "Huggenfield" to the north east of the city (the present day Hogganfield Loch).
The setting was changed to Glasgow from Carrick in southwest Scotland. The novel Swing Hammer Swing! (1992) by Jeff Torrington, decades in the writing, is set in the Gorbals. The character Kristine Kochanski in the British TV series Red Dwarf grew up there – it is described as being the 'trendiest part of Glasgow' in the 23rd century (1997)
The Shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), [a] or Counties of Scotland, were historic subdivisions of Scotland.. The shires were originally established in the Middle Ages for judicial purposes, being territories over which a sheriff had jurisdiction.