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There are few amenities in Househillwood itself, with the closest churches [9] [10] [11] and schools [12] [13] [14] located in Priesthill and Craigbank along with the local housing office, [15] and others (health centre, library, sports centre, bus station) at the Pollok civic realm immediately to the north adjacent to Silverburn.
St Paul's High School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school located in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland.It was built on the site of, and using some buildings from, the former Craigbank Secondary School, to replace the previous Catholic school in the area, Bellarmine Secondary (the Silverburn Centre is now at its location), opening with its new identity in 2002.
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 ...
The Glasgow subway opened in 1896 and was renovated with the well-known orange carriages in the 1970s. They were officially introduced to passenger service on 16 April 1980.
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.
The southern part of Scotstoun is characterised by late 19th/ early 20th century tenements adjoining the old shipyards; [9] to the north, and dating from a similar period, is a grid-like estate of mainly terraced cottage style villas with distinctive English styling in wide tree-lined streets, an early example of Ebenezer Howard-type garden ...
The Tobacco Merchant's House (also Baillie Craig's House) is an 18th-century villa at 42 Miller Street in Glasgow's Merchant City and the last surviving Virginia tobacco merchant's house in Glasgow. It was built by John Craig in 1775.
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