Re Street Names As Glasgow expanded its boundaries it annexed many previously existing small burghs and villages who had all named their own streets - Many areas which are now considered part of Glasgow once existed independently , for example Govan, Partick, Pollokshaws, Bridgeton, Calton, Shettleston etc. When centralised under Glasgow this led to a number of duplications of street names and a massive renaming operation was undertaken. Have a look at http://www.douglasbrown.co.uk/stindex.html RJ Paton

Other URLs that deal with renaming of streets in Glasgow http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-streetschanged1.html Pictures: http://tinyurl.com/2eqo7uv Placenames: http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/content/index.php?action=view&id=3 http://www.spns.org.uk/ Bob Cdn. ================

It is possible when wandering around the West End and South Side to spot on the sandstone wall at the end of a street the old name of the street or road long since changed. I grew up in Laurel Street but when it was outside Glasgow it was known as Glenavon Terrace and at that time it would have been a terrace rather than a street because it was still tree lined when I was a boy. Mark -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RJ Paton Sent: 21 August 2010 09:15 To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] LANARK Digest, Vol 5, Issue 217 Re Street Names As Glasgow expanded its boundaries it annexed many previously existing small burghs and villages who had all named their own streets - Many areas which are now considered part of Glasgow once existed independently , for example Govan, Partick, Pollokshaws, Bridgeton, Calton, Shettleston etc. When centralised under Glasgow this led to a number of duplications of street names and a massive renaming operation was undertaken. Have a look at http://www.douglasbrown.co.uk/stindex.html RJ Paton ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message