Bearsden History

Explore my collection of articles on notable residents, locations and other moments of history in and around the Bearsden area. Comments and feedback warmly welcomed on all posts.

Roman Road: what was there before the car park and ‘modern’ flats?

The contrast between the remains of a Roman bath house and the 1970s flats at Roman Court on Roman Road in Bearsden make an interesting contrast.  But what was there...
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Princes Square, Glasgow, before the shopping centre

Prince's Square, instantly recognisable to most Glaswegians, but what was there before the shops and dining we know today?  Well, there's a website for Princes Square, which tells us it was...
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Burnbrae: The Dye Works and The House

Burnbrae, as we know, is located on the Milngavie Road out of Bearsden.  Craighdu Burn, which runs in between McDonalds and Pure Gym, is the boundary between Bearsden and Milngavie. ...
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Braehead Shopping Centre: once a farm

It's well known that before the Braehead Shopping Centre was built, the site was occupied in part and most recently by a power station.  Less well documented is that to...
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Temple Saw Mill

You'll be familiar with the drive from Anniesland towards Bearsden, passing Morrisons on your right, the Shell garage on the left, then going over the canal bridge (so wide you...
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Bearsden in 1861

The National Library for Scotland has an amazing online facility where you select a spot from a modern map and can then select different historical maps covering the same area. ...
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Collylin Road

Collylin Road was built around 1895 – it is not mentioned in the New Kilpatrick Valuation Roll of 1895 but appears on a map surveyed in 1896: It’s interesting to...
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George Edward: owner of St Germains

George Edward was born on 25th August 1865 at 246 Bath Street, Glasgow: This is still standing 159 years later: It is the door with the bins on either side...
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The monorail

Britain From Above is a wonderful website of aerial photographs going back as much as 100 years.  In a 1930 photo, the famous monorail was captured: Here is my attempt to...
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Glenburn Street, Maryhill, 14th March 1941

I am indebted to Jeanette Burns for bringing this incident to my attention and to Michelle Blunn for supplying further information; Michelle, in turn thanks the Twitter account Target Clydeside...
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