Glasgow, Laurieston-gorbals, General
General View (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Laurieston-gorbals, General
Classification General View (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 44252
Site Number NS56SE 118
NGR NS 589 640
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44252
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
LAURIESTON
Part of the Old Gorbals, purchased about 1800 from Hutchesons' Hospital by John Laurie, who tried to rival the West End suburbs by building such genteel terraces as Carlton Place on the river frontage and the magnificent Abbotsford Place.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
EXTERNAL REFERENCES:
National Library Of Scotland:
Vol 1, no:54, of Water Colour Sketches by Thomas Brown, Advocate - View of Old Gorbals, Glasgow.
Ref: Adv. MSS 34.8. 1-3, see under 'Water Clolour Sketches, Series of, by Thomas Brown, Advocate'.
Strathclyde Regional Archives:
Town Clerks Department - Gorbals City Improvements. No surveyor. Scale: 1' - 40". 1866.
Ref: D-TC 13/482.
