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  2. Candleriggs - Wikipedia

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    Candleriggs is a street in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in the Merchant City area of the city centre. Candleriggs was historically the area of the old city of Glasgow where candlemakers plied their trade, at a safe distance from the crowded tenements clustered around the High Street . [ 1 ]

  3. Glasgow City Halls - Wikipedia

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    The City Halls are part of a market complex designed by John Carrick in 1882, but the grand hall itself was designed by George Murray and opened in 1841. It was the first hall suitable for large gatherings and concerts to be built in the City and played host to the likes of Benjamin Disraeli , Charles Dickens , Hungarian patriot Lajos Kossuth ...

  4. List of city chambers and town halls in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of city chambers and town halls in Scotland. The list is sortable by building age and height, and provides a link to the listing description where relevant. . The list, which was compiled using the list of 1,000 Largest Cities and Towns in the UK by Population, published by The Geographist, to ensure completeness, [1] includes over 170 surviving buildi

  5. Glasgow City Council - Wikipedia

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    Glasgow City Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Baile Ghlaschu) is the local government authority for Glasgow City council area, Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Glasgow was formerly governed by a corporation, also known as the town council, from the granting of its first burgh charter in the 1170s

  6. Glasgow City Chambers - Wikipedia

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    The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889. It is located on the eastern side of the city's George Square. It is a Category A listed building. [1]

  7. Maryhill Burgh Halls - Wikipedia

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    Maryhill Burgh Halls is a local heritage site located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, a few miles North-West of Glasgow city centre. Maryhill Burgh Halls was initially opened in 1878 as a municipal building complex, which served as a police station and fire station until the 1970s.

  8. Kelvin Hall - Wikipedia

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    It was built for Glasgow Corporation in 1926-1927 and was designed by Thomas Somers [8] Glasgow's Master of Work and City Engineer, assisted by Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour. [9] Thomas Somers also designed the new bridge over the Clyde at Oswald Street, known as the King George V Bridge, which was also declared open by King George V on the same day ...

  9. Glasgow Cenotaph - Wikipedia

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    Glasgow Cenotaph, also known as Glasgow War Memorial, is a war memorial which stands on the east side of George Square in Glasgow, in front of Glasgow City Chambers. It was originally constructed to commemorate Glaswegians killed during the First World War, and was unveiled by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in 1924.