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  Archiepiscopal palace.  ( or Archbishops Castle) Glasgow This venerable relic of the “ olden time,” was the town residence of the Archbishops of Glasgow,for many centuries the proud scene of their feudal grandeur and magnificence. It stood immediately to the west of the Cathedral, which is situated in an elevated part of the Town. The castle stood where the royal infirmary stands today. During the turbulent period of the feudal ages, when 'power'was the only law, and the mandates of governments were but little attended to, because they seldom could be enforced; when every feudal lord sought the preservation of his own rights, and, so far as he could, the redressing of his own supposed wrongs, the great objects to be attained in domestic architecture, were strength, and the power of resistance. The clergy, during these ages, notwithstanding their professions of piety and humility, were as ambitious, and fond of power as the most rude and warlike of the iron-clad barons; and no

 # 10 View of Pear tree well From Views and Notices of Glasgow in Former times, by William Simpson, 3 scrapbooks. n.p. 1871 This view looks at Pear Tree Well, on the banks of the Kelvin. Regarded as a popular area for picnics, it never possessed any pear trees. It was eventually incorporated into the Botanic Gardens at the end of the 19th century. The river Kelvin rises in the Kilsyth Hills and flows past Kirkintilloch and Maryhill, through the Botanic Gardens and joins the Clyde at Partick. It was crossed by a ford until the first bridge was built in 1601. Shipyards were developed on each bank.

  A Plan for George Square  From Prints Collection held in History and Glasgow Room This is a plan of the proposed building which was to house the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and be built in George Square. The building was to contain several galleries for paintings and sculptures as well as a lecture hall, school and a library. The first society for art was founded in 1821 by Alexander Findlay, a print seller, who exhibited from his shop. After it failed several other societies were started, which also failed. The Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts was eventually established in 1861.

  St Mungo (4) Story of the mound of Dovehill DURING the sojourn of St. Mungo in Wales, which is said to have lasted for eleven years, civiI war raged in the kingdom of Cumbria, or Strathclyde; but a decisive battle at Arthuret, on the borders of Dumfriesshire and Cumberland, or, as some think, at Airdrie, settled the dispute in favour of Roderick the Bountiful, who, it is said, had been baptised by St. Patrick in Ireland.  One of the first acts of his reign was to send to St. Mungo in Wales, praying him most urgently to return. The saint complied with his request, and his re-entry was one of triumphal rejoicing.  Either at the time of his return, or shortly after it, St. Mungo was preaching to the people on a plain, but as he could not he seen or heard by a large portion of the multitude, he manifested his miraculous power by causing the ground on which he stood to rise up to a mound, and he then continued his remarks, to the better edification of his hearers.  Tradition has it that t

  # 9 Gallowgate at Kent street, Glasgow A photograph by Thomas Annan of Glasgow (1829-1887) This view is taken from the centre of Gallowgate just before Kent Street, looking west. This is the fringe of the area that was due for demolition. Most of the buildings are solid tenements built within the previous thirty years. On the right are several people watching the camera. They stand on the pavement in front of several shops or at the entrance to a close. Above the shops, there is a prominent sign for 'John MacKay House Painter'. Albumen print, from collodion negative. These photographs were taken for the City Improvements Trust who, in the 1860s, planned to demolish the worst of the decayed city centre. They were published at different dates and in different formats by the city and by Annan's firm.

  What's in a (street) name? The following is not a complete street name directory of old Glasgow. Abercrombie Street. See Bellgrove.  Adam's Court. Built subsequently to Jamaica Bridge by John Adam (1767-1772?). See Jamaica Bridge John Adam built a number of antique-looking buildings in Argyle Street He was also the contractor for the first Jamaica Street footbridge (1768).  Adelphi Street. The Clyde frontage was called Adelphi in honour of the Brothers Hutcheson .  Albion Street Opened 1806. See Greyfriars Wynd (North Albion Street), and Grammar School Wynd (North Albion Street). Albion Street Chapel-the minister in 1794 was the Rev. James MCLeod.  Anderston. Village was formed in 1725 by Anderson of Stobcross upon one of his unproductive farms. Bishop Street, Anderston-James Monteith of this street was the first who warped a muslin web in Scotland. Long before steam mills were introduced into Scotland for spinning cotton, in 1792, Mr. Monteith purchased "bird nest"

  St Mungo (3) St. mungo's Journey to Glasgow.   HOLDING on his way, Kentigern, '' on the same night in which he departed from St. Serf, was lodged, at a place supposed to be Carnwath, in the house of Fergus, an aged Christian, who, Simeon-like, is said to have received a "revelation that in the presence of the holy Kentigern he should pass away from the world. And when be was dead the blessed Kentigern . . . laid his body on a waggon, to which he yoked unbroken oxen, with no one to guide them: and so, following the waggon, he arrived at a place which is called Glasgow, where he buried the body, and where, serving God, he, by divine revelation, took up his abode."  The body of Fergus was buried beneath some ancient trees, near a forsaken cemetery that had been consecrated by St. Ninian. On that very spot it is said was afterwards reared the transept of our noble Cathedral, and the aisle or crypt of which was dedicated to Fergus. St. Mungo and King Morken  MORKEN,