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Glasgow, Shettleston
General View (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Shettleston
Classification General View (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 70592
Site Number NS66SW 155
NGR NS 64 64
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70592
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
SHETTLESTON
A mining and weaving village on the original low-level road to Edinburgh. The Grays of Carntyne and the McNairs, owners of Greenfield since 1759, were the principal coalmasters for several generations, Gray using wind-pumps before steam-driven pumps were introduced after 1768. The McNairs also owned Shettleston House, on the north side of Old Shettleston Road, opposite McNair Street. In 1904, the site became the North British Bottleworks, which closed in 1983. McFarlane Lang's 1925 biscuit factory in Clydeford Drive became part of United Biscuits in 1966 and is now McVitie's factory, employing about 1,000. Greenfield Colliery, like the others, was worked out by the 1930s. Part of the estate became a golf course, part is built on and the rest is Greenfield Park, north of Old Shettleston Road. Another local pit, known as 'Auld Prickie', was at Prickliesmuir. Shettleston was brought into Glasgow in 1912.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
