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Glasgow, Glasgow Green, General

General View (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glasgow, Glasgow Green, General

Classification General View (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 72995

Site Number NS66SW 160

NGR NS 60 63

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72995

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Pl. 17 Glasgow from the North East. Copy of copper plate engraving titled 'Facies Civitatis Glasgow ab Oriente Estebo. The prospect of ye Town of Glasgow from ye North East.'
Pl. 17 Glasgow from the North East. Copy of copper plate engraving titled 'Facies Civitatis Glasgow ab Oriente Estebo. The prospect of ye Town of Glasgow from ye North East.'Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking ENE.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking NNE.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking WSW.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and Peoples' Palace, looking SSE.General oblique aerial view of Glasgow centred on the River Clyde, Bridgton and Glasgow Green, looking WNW.Glasgow, Bridgeton, general.
General aerial view.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking N.Glasgow, Bridgeton, general.
General aerial view.Glasgow, Bridgeton, general.
General aerial view.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking NE.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking SE.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking NNW.Oblique aerial view of Radio 1's Big Weekend at Glasgow Green, Nelson Monument and People's Palace, looking NW.Glasgow, Bridgeton, general.
General aerial view.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

Glasgow, Glasgow Green, 'Esplanade'.

Exact site uncertain at time of upgrade, 29.6.200, but presumably the riverside stretch of Glasgow Green.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Strathclyde Regional Archives - Town Clerk's Department

D-TC 13/480/1 - ESPLANADE, GLASGOW GREEN, Plan of Esplanade, Glasgow Green. Proposals for a Circus and other amenities including stalls between the City Clothes Market a, Greendyke Street, Saltmarket and the City Fish Market. A large number of circles, perhaps tents, are shown. Some colour.

Surveyor: John James O'Neill for John Carrick.

22 ft. to 1 in. 25" X 30".

1 May 1865.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Courtald Institute - Scultpture Negative Collection:

W S Firth

A E Pearce

J Broad (India Figure).

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