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	Glasgow Cathedral Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		But the affection of the ordinary people of Glasgow for their cathedral was such that the organised trades of the city took up arms to protect it.
		It is overlooked from the east by the Glasgow Necropolis and has a fine precinct resulting from the building in 1993 of the St Mungo Museum, which doubles as a Cathedral Visitor Centre.
		Glasgow Cathedral deserves to be better known than it is: and would be if it were not to be found in Scotland's largest city, alongside many other competing attractions.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /glasgow/cathedral (0 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glasgow became one of the richest cities in the world, and a municipal public transport system, parks, museums and libraries were all opened during this period.
		Glasgow was then named European City of Culture in 1990, followed by City of Architecture and Design in 1999 and European Capital of Sport in 2003.
		Glasgow is the capital of contemporary music in Scotland, and has many venues and clubs such as the Barrowlands, Barfly and King Tut's Wah Wah Hut that promote new bands and DJs.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=History_of_Glasgow (1618 words)

	Glasgow Guide: Glasgow Info: The Origin And History Of Glasgow Streets Page 1
		It is impossible within the limits of a single volume to give the origin or history of every street - a great many having fancy names, to discover the meaning of which would be somewhat of the nature of a conundrum.
		The fish and ring are emblematic of a miracle, by which he restored to Langueth, the wife of King Ridderch of Strathclyde, a love token she had lost; and the bell represents that which he brought from Rome.
		It was virtually a subway or tunnel, the side was of stone and arched with brick, extending from the south-east exit of Glasgow Green to Rutherglen Bridge, and was constructed by Alexander Allan of Newhall to give him unbroken access from his demesne to the river.
	www.glasgowguide.co.uk /info-gstreets1.html (0 words)

	Article - A History of Glasgow
		Glasgow’s proximity to Scotland’s beautiful Highlands and the legendary friendliness and humour of its inhabitants are probably the most commonly cited reasons for its position as third most visited city in the UK (after London and Edinburgh).
		Glasgow’s massive expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries did much to destroy evidence of early settlement in the area.
		Glasgow remains a great city and as Scotland’s largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the West of Scotland is arguably the major generator of modern Scottish culture.
	www.linksnoop.com /article.php?n=12428&c=0&page=1 (1077 words)

	A Brief History of Glasgow
		Glasgow was given a bishop in 1115, indicating it was a fairly important settlement by that time.
		In the 1720's Daniel Defoe described Glasgow: 'Glasgow is, indeed, a very fine city, the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in one city together.
		In the mid-19th century Glasgow was described as 'possibly the filthiest and unhealthiest of all the British towns'.
	www.localhistories.org /glasgow (1912 words)

	A Scottish District Subway
		Glasgow has the distinction of possessing the only underground railway in the world that was originally planned for operation by cable traction, and the only one that has used this method of working continuously from its opening until its recent electrification.
		The Glasgow District Subway is a circle railway, about six and a half miles in length, constructed at an average depth of 29 ft. beneath the surface.
		In the cars of the Glasgow Subway, since this design involves the use of the front vestibule both by the driver and the passengers, special precautions have been taken to prevent the manipulation of the control gear by any unauthorised person.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r048.html (2213 words)

	A Brief History of Glasgow
		Glasgow's population was increasing rapidly as immigrants from the Highlands in the 1820s and from Ireland in the 1840s provided the unskilled labour required for further expansion of its various industries.
		Glasgow ranked as one of the richest and finest cities in Europe, between 1870 and 1914.
		Given the prosperity of Glasgow in it's past the 20th century was a dark time as industrial decline became a major problem of far reaching proportions.
	www.inyourcity.com /guides/printpage.php?id=7 (1055 words)

	Glasgow taxis Glasgow city history information
		The conventional concept of Glasgow is that of shipyards, docklands, football and the greatly over publicised slums of the Gorbals (which received notoriety from novels).
		Glasgow is, in fact, a fine, old and diverse city - if the right places are presented to the visitor.
		As a Victorian city Glasgow is the best remaining example in Britain (bearing in mind that it was the second city to London, and the second city of the British Empire).
	www.glasgowtaxisltd.co.uk /info_glasgow.php (440 words)

	Glasgow
		Glasgow (Glaschu in Gaelic; or Glesca in colloquial Scotish) is the largest city in Scotland and the third largest in the United Kingdom after London and Birmingham; as well as being the most populous unitary authority area.
		Glasgow's West End refers to the bohemian district of cafÃ©s, bars, boutique hotels, clubs and restaurants in the hinterland of Kelvingrove Park, the University of Glasgow, BBC Scotland's Headquarters, Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.
		Glasgow is home to a student population in excess of 168,000, the largest in Scotland, the majority of them living in the West End of the city, near the University of Glasgow's main campus on Gilmorehill.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2Fen%2FGlasgow (6788 words)

	History of Glasgow's West End
		The speculative developers of Hillhead, Kelvinside and Dowanhill sought to entice the burgeoning mercantile classes of Glasgow to grand new terraced and detached houses using the attractions of the fresh air and hilltop views, as well as the distance from the less salubrious sections of the city.
		Glasgow's Victorian and Edwardian architectural heritage is spread throughout the city, but nowhere is it as diverse and concentrated as in the West End.
		The history of the West End is examined in depth every autumn during the West End Lectures at the University of Glasgow.
	users.colloquium.co.uk /~glasgowwest/history.htm (1978 words)

	History of Glasgow Athletics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glasgow’s first basketball tournament has been rated a huge success by all who were lucky enough to be there to take in any of the series of games that started here last Friday at 11:00 am and continued until Saturday night at eleven o’clock.
		Glasgow opened a nine-point, 16-7 lead late in the first quarter, but Westran closed the gap to two points early in the second period when Spotts hit one of two free throws with 5:17 left in the half to make the score 18-16.
		Glasgow captured the big prize by downing Mariounville, 52-47, a game that had all the earmarks of a rout in the first half when the Yellowjackets turned loose the doublebarreled scoring barrage of junior Mark Gebhardt and sphomore Mike (yes, there is another) Davis.
	www.glasgow.k12.mo.us /Historyathletics.html (9289 words)

	BBC - History - 18th-century Glasgow
		The physical attractiveness of Glasgow reflected the buoyancy of trade and commerce, which Defoe, not surprisingly, claimed to be the economic consequence of Union.
		According to his effusive assessment, Glasgow's trading elite had thrived after 1707 as they shrewdly 'embraced the opportunity' to enter English colonial markets previously closed to the Scots.
		Conspicuous consumption was a defining feature of the wealthiest, and related especially to their residences in the heart of the city.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/british/civil_war_revolution/scotland_glasgow_02.shtml (422 words)

	Hidden Glasgow: photographs, images, Glasgow history, culture, regeneration
		Glasgows' hidden architecture is disappearing due to regeneration.
		Glasgow has had a number of these including Bostocks Scottish Zoo and Pickards Noah's Ark at the Panopticon in the Trongate.
		It was previously known as Alexander's Mill and was built originally as a cotton spinning mill.
	www.hiddenglasgow.com (481 words)

	Glasgow
		Glasgow is believed to have grown up round a Christian settlement established in the late 6th century by St Mungo, whose church was probably on the site of the present cathedral.
		Glasgow is, indeed, a very fine city; the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in one city.
		The history of Glasgow and the Clyde is the history of the industrial revolution.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /ITglasgow.htm (0 words)

	History of Glasgow Green
		Glasgow's oldest park is close to the city's historic centre and stretches from the Saltmarket at the High Court, across to the Calton and Bridgeton districts and is bordered by the River Clyde to the south.
		Its history can be traced back to 1450 when James II granted the Green to Bishop William Turnbull for use as common grazing ground and this was the Green's main use until the nineteenth century.
		Over the years Glasgow Green has seen off threats to its existence from proposed coal-mines, railways and motorways to remain a vibrant public space at the heart of the city.
	www.glasgow.gov.uk /en/AboutGlasgow/History/glasgowgreenhistory.htm (0 words)

	A Brief History of Glasgow
		The University of Glasgow was the second in Scotland to be established after St Andrews in the North East of the country.
		Glasgow in particular seized the opportunity to trade with the tobacco plantations of Maryland and Virginia, and by the 1730s -1740s the city had a number of ships sailing from the port of Glasgow with cargoes of linen, leather, metalwork and other goods not yet being manufactured by the Colonists.
		Glasgow through the centuries has always managed to re-invent itself in whatever direction has been necessary for it to continue to flourish.
	www.journeymantours.co.uk /A_brief_history_of_glasgow.htm (992 words)

	A brief history of Glasgow Churches Together
		Glasgow Churches Together is the ACTS organisation in our local area.
		A service of welcome was held in Glasgow Cathedral for the Archpriest of St Sophia’s in St Petersburg, jointly with the Cameron Foundation.
		The St Mungo Cantata has been sung by schools and choirs in venues as diverse as Glasgow Cathedral, St Mungo’s Church, and notably the Kelvin Hall, with 68 schools, St Andrew’s Brass, the St Mungo Singers and choirs of the Archdiocese with support from a youth drama group associated with Wildcat Theatre.
	www.glasgowchurches.org.uk /articles/022history.shtml (997 words)

	Glasgow's History
		Glasgow's history stretches back almost two thousand years and has been rich and varied.
		Due to its location on the west of the country, Glasgow was well positioned to send shipping to the West Indies and America.
		The existence of vast deposits of coal and iron ore in the Glasgow area shaped the next two centuries of Glasgow's history.
	www.clyde-valley.com /glasgow/history.htm (0 words)

	Glasgow from Rampant Scotland Directory
		Glasgow city archives brings together a wide variety of sources for the history of Glasgow and the surrounding area including the Clyde Navigation Trust, Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, business and church archives, shipbuilding and family and estate papers.
		Part of the Glasgow 1999 project this is a comprehensive set of illustratioms of Glasgow's architecture, incorporating a VRML model of Glasgow which acts as a 3d interface to city-wide information from Restaurants to Transport facilities, to Mackintosh buildings....
		Glasgow's literary history illuminated by professional actors in a fun and fascinating journey through the city's famous and forgotten novelists, contemporary and controversial writers including Scott, Burns, McGonagall, Alasdair Gray, Edwin Morgan, William McIlvanney and many more, inspired by the unique vibrant atmosphere for which the city is renowned.
	www.rampantscotland.com /glasgow.htm (4017 words)

	History of Glasgow University Chemistry Department
		Chemistry in Glasgow started in 1747, and the Department held its 250th birthday party in 1997.
		His "History of Chemistry" (1831) enhanced greatly the status of chemistry as a profession.
		At this time the Scottish Universities, particularly Glasgow and Edinburgh, provided a high proportion of the leading chemists in the UK and the Empire.
	www.chem.gla.ac.uk /dept/history.htm (848 words)

	BBC - History - Scottish History
		Glasgow's population grew from a quarter of a million at the start of Victoria's reign to 760,000 at the end of her reign.
		Beside these improvements, the fall in the price of basic foods in the 1870s and 1890s, the improvement of milk supplies, free school meals, and the widening influences of nurses, midwives and health visitors were just as important in cutting back death rates amongst the poor as cleaner water and more efficient sewerage systems.
		Life in Victorian Glasgow is presented through the furniture and the belongings of Miss Agnes Toward, who lived there for over 50 years.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/scottishhistory/victorian/trails_victorian_glasgow.shtml (903 words)

	Glasgow Cinemas - the illustrated history of cinema city
		Glasgow's love of the cinema goes back almost to the start of film making itself, early shows were held in Glasgow Corporation halls, in theatres or as a fairground attraction.
		The golden age of cinema building in Glasgow was the 1930s, when magnificent picture palaces like the Paramount, Vogue, Regal, Lyceum and Bedford were built, during this time it was not uncommon for two cinemas to open in the same week, or even the same day.
		The scale of this subject means that Glasgow Cinemas will always be a work in progress so please be patient if your area of Glasgow or favourite cinema isn't included just yet.
	www.glasgowcinemas.co.uk (0 words)

	Glasgow: Scotland with style - Medieval Map Launched
		Councillor Catherine McMaster of Glasgow City Council was joined by schoolchildren from Garrowhill and Wyndford primary schools to launch a map and trail, which helps to bring the city’s medieval past to life.
		The map and trail are part of a wider initiative by Glasgow City Council to promote the history of Glasgow’s medieval past.
		Glasgow was a very important ecclesiastical centre for Scotland - second only to St Andrews - with many pilgrims visiting the city and its large community of priests and clerics.
	www.seeglasgow.com /media-office/news-archive/medieval-map-launched (0 words)

	City of Glasgow History (1847 Gazetteer)
		The see of Glasgow was one of the most opulent in the kingdom; and its prelates lived in a style of splendour and exercised a sway scarcely inferior to that of the most potent nobles of the land.
		Glasgow was occasionally honoured by being the seat of the ecclesiastical synods of the church; and from the character of the age for a long period subsequent to the Reformation, these were regarded as of more importance than the visits of royalty itself.
		Glasgow, with trifling exceptions, refused to conform to the new order of things; and the Earl of Middleton, with a committee of the Privy council, came to Glasgow on 26th September, 1662, to enforce compliance with the new order of things.
	www.amostcuriousmurder.com /GazetteerFS.htm (9546 words)

	Johnny Rodger, Glasgow, Architecture, History
		History may repeat itself, the great bearded prophet said, but where the first time round it is tragedy, the repetitions are merely farcical.
		Buildings of abnormal height, such as the UGC Cinema Glasgow Renfield/Renfrew Street have been given the go-ahead, and there has been much criticism of Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects’ buildings ‘Spectrum Building’ and ‘Bewleys Hotel’, both of which can be said to ‘rupture’ the grid.
		Their new Radisson Hotel Glasgow for example, has a massive curved pre-patinated copper wall exploiting and emphasising the breakdown in the grid where it meets the ancient Westergate (now Argyle Street).
	glasgowarchitecture.co.uk /johnny_rodger.htm (978 words)

	Article - A History of Glasgow (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glasgow's proximity to Scotland's beautiful Highlands and the legendary friendliness and humour of its inhabitants are probably the most commonly cited reasons for its position as third most visited city in the UK (after London and Edinburgh).
		Glasgow's massive expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries did much to destroy evidence of early settlement in the area.
		Glasgow remains a great city and as Scotland's largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the West of Scotland is arguably the major generator of modern Scottish culture.
	www.salzburg-hotel.com /articles/A-History-of-Glasgow_IDL21ptx02ncXl.htm (1342 words)

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