Pollokshaws
"POLLOCKSHAWS, town on the White Cart, 21/2 miles south-south-west of Glasgow. It stands in Eastwood parish, which had for ministers the ecclesiastical historians Crawford and Woodrow; consists of irregularly-arranged streets, but presents a pleasant appearance; is a prosperous seat of manufacture; and has a post office with money order and telegraph departments, under Glasgow, a railway station, 2 banking offices, a town hall, 2 Established churches, 2 Free churches, United Presbyterian, Original Secession, and Roman Catholic churches, an academy so enlarged in 1879 as to have capacity for about 550 scholars, the Sir John Maxwell school, with about the same capacity as the academy, and a handsome monument to the historian Woodrow. Pop. 9363. Part of this town forms a quoad sacra parish. Pop. 6402."
[From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.]
Bibliography
"Villages of Glasgow", Volume 2 by Aileen Smart, pp. 163-185. The book was published in 1996 by John Donald Publishers Ltd., 138 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AA (ISBN 0 85976 391 9). Included with the history is a map of Pollokshaws.Cemeteries
Census
Church History
Church Records
- Churches in Pollokshaws (NS555615):
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Civil Registration
Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths began in Scotland on 1st January 1855. For details of these and other records held at the General Register Office in Edinburgh, see the GRO tutorial.
Description and Travel
Gazetteers
Ask the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Pollokshaws to another place.Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which Pollokshaws has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about the place.
History
For an excellent history of the town of Pollokshaws, "Villages of Glasgow", Volume 2 by Aileen Smart, pp. 163-185 can be highly recommend. The book was published in 1996 by John Donald Publishers Ltd., 138 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AA (ISBN 0 85976 391 9). Included with the history is a map of Pollokshaws.Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NS555615 (Lat/Lon: 55.825094, -4.308265), Pollokshaws which are provided by:- StreetMap
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