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Glasgow, High Street, General
General View (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, High Street, General
Classification General View (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkgait
Canmore ID 160161
Site Number NS66NW 91
NGR NS 6005 6535
NGR Description NS 5966 6490 to NS 6005 6535
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/160161
![Elevated view of the back of houses at the corner of George Street and High Street, Glasgow inscribed 'Old houses at corner of George Street and High Street, 1868'. Copied from 'Old closes and streets [of Glasgow]: a series of photogravures 1868-1899', printed for the Corporation of Glasgow, July 1900, Plate 40.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00102644.jpg)
![View of Glasgow High Street inscribed 'Old Buildings in High Street Nos 17 - 27, 1868'. Copied from 'Old closes and streets [of Glasgow]: a series of photogravures 1868-1899', printed for the Corporation of Glasgow, July 1900, Plate 16.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00102566.jpg)
![View of Glasgow High Street inscribed 'High Street from the Cross, 1868'. Copied from 'Old closes and streets [of Glasgow]: a series of photogravures 1868-1899', printed for the Corporation of Glasgow, July 1900, Plate 1.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00102564.jpg)
![Elevated view of the back of houses at the corner of George Street and High Street, Glasgow inscribed 'Old houses at corner of George Street and High Street, 1868'. Copied from 'Old closes and streets [of Glasgow]: a series of photogravures 1868-1899', printed for the Corporation of Glasgow, July 1900, Plate 40.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00102644.jpg)
![View of Glasgow High Street inscribed 'Old Buildings in High Street Nos 17 - 27, 1868'. Copied from 'Old closes and streets [of Glasgow]: a series of photogravures 1868-1899', printed for the Corporation of Glasgow, July 1900, Plate 16.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00102566.jpg)
![View of Glasgow High Street inscribed 'High Street from the Cross, 1868'. Copied from 'Old closes and streets [of Glasgow]: a series of photogravures 1868-1899', printed for the Corporation of Glasgow, July 1900, Plate 1.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00102564.jpg)
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66NW 91 5966 6490 to 6005 6535
Extends onto map sheets and NS66NW.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Glasgow, High Street, General,
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Wm. Graham Album I p.23 - Photo of print of Thos. Campbell's House built 1728
Wm. Graham Album I p.165 - Reproduction of drawing of court
Wm. Graham Album II p.100 - 1 Lithograph
Glasgow in Former Times II - Old Close No. 207. Pen and Wash 1849.
Glasgow in Former Times II - Old House opposite Barony Church.
The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Supplement (Bailie Cartoon) 1893 - 26th April - Magazine Cutting.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Glasgow, High Street, Cross.
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Glasgow in Former Times I p. 59 - 2 Liths of houses near the Cross. 1846.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, High Street, General, Kirk Gait.
This street ran along roughly the same lines of the present High Street, beginning at Bell o' Brae, and ending at the Macleod Street opening onto Cathedral Square. Once the site of St. Nicholas Hospital and Chapel.
High Street sited on NS66NW and NS56SE
(Undated) information in NMRS.
