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  2. Calton weavers - Wikipedia

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    Glasgow Town Council reacquired the land in 1723, naming the area Calton, a name retained when Glasgow sold Calton to the Orr family in 1730. [5] The land lay on the east bank of the River Clyde just upstream of Glasgow. Although close to the center of modern Glasgow, Calton was an independent village, later a municipal burgh, that was not ...

  3. Calton weavers' strike - Wikipedia

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    The Calton Weavers massacre of 1787 is commemorated in a panel by Scottish artist Ken Currie in the People's Palace, Glasgow, commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the event. [3] Calton at the time of the strike was a handweaving community just outside Glasgow in Scotland. At the peak of Calton's prosperity, wages had risen to nearly £100 a ...

  4. Calton, Glasgow - Wikipedia

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    Calton (Scottish Gaelic: A' Challtainn, lit. 'the hazel wood', Scots: Caltoun), known locally as The Calton, is a district in Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and just to the east of the city centre. Calton's most famous landmark is the Barras street market and the Barrowland Ballroom, one of Glasgow's principal musical venues.

  5. Industrial Revolution in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    By 1770, Glasgow was the largest linen manufacturer in Britain, and in 1787, Calton, Glasgow was the site of Scotland's first industrial dispute when 7,000 weavers went on strike in protest against a 25% cut in their wages.

  6. Calton (ward) - Wikipedia

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    Calton (Ward 9) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system. [ 3 ] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election , the seats increased to four due to the population having risen by 20% since it was first formed, although the ...

  7. Gallowgate, Glasgow - Wikipedia

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    The important Gallowgate road runs from Glasgow Cross to Parkhead and includes The Barras, [1] but only a small length of it is in the Gallowgate neighbourhood, the boundaries of which are Abercromby Street/Bellgrove Street to the west (opposite the Calton district), Fielden Street/Millerston Street to the east (at the Forge Retail Park—which is roughly on the site of the former Camlachie ...

  8. Dennistoun - Wikipedia

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    Dennistoun (/ ˈ d ɛ n ɪ s t ə n /) is a mostly residential district in Glasgow, Scotland, located north of the River Clyde and in the city's east end, about 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 kilometres) east of the city centre. Since 2017 it has formed the core of a Dennistoun ward under Glasgow City Council, having previously been a component of the ...

  9. James Smart (police officer) - Wikipedia

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    James Smart (22 March 1804 – 27 May 1870) was a British police officer who served as head of the City of Glasgow Police from 1848 until his death in 1870, first as chief superintendent before being designated as Glasgow's first chief constable in 1862.