BARONY
" Locating Barony on a map can be a somewhat perplexing business - for you will almost certainly fail to locate it on any modern map! Today, what was Barony parish has long been eaten up by the city of Glasgow. In the past it represented lands which were to the north of the city and which were, in those days, more rural - they included Maryhill, Lambhill, Bishopriggs, Kelvinside, Possil, Balornock, Springburn, Provanmill, Millerston, Dennistoun, Garthamlock, Carntyne, Palton, Barlanark, Shettleston, Tollcross and Barrachnie. (Some of these cross parish boundaries).
The one reminder of the name Barony is the former Barony Church, now Strathclyde University's Barony Hall, which is located directly opposite Glasgow Cathedral (see photograph below). "
Bibliography
Cemeteries
Census
Church History
Dates of Old Parish Registers
b.1672-1854
m.1672-1854
d.1805-1835
The former Barony Church, pictured right, is now Strathclyde University's Barony Hall and is their main hall for Graduation ceremonies.
Pictured is a Congregation gathered to witness one such ceremony.
Church Records
- Churches in Barony:
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Barony area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
If you keep this page loaded for a very long time and the database is updated since loading it, the church links above may become stale and may display the wrong church. If this happens, reloading this page will correct them.
Description and Travel
You can see pictures of Barony which are provided by:Gazetteers
Ask the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Barony to another place.Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which Barony has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about this place.
History
The Statistical Account for Scotland, Barony Parish published in 1799 (written about 1791 to1798) has been transcribed by Linda Nisbet from New Zealand.
Names, Geographical
Over the years many Glasgow streets have been renamed for various reasons. This site lists some of the streets affected.
The book "A Guide to Glasgow Addresses 1837-1945", which gives details of street name changes in the city, is available from the Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NS601655 (Lat/Lon: 55.862363, -4.236960), Barony which are provided by:- StreetMap
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps
- Old Maps Online
- Vision of Britain
- Magic
- GeoHack
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
Population
Year Population 1831 ---- 1841 ---- 1851 ---- 1861 ---- 1871 ---- 1881 ---- 1891 ----
