Jordanhill
Jordanhill
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Location within Glasgow | |
OS grid reference | NS538681 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G13 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Jordanhill (
History
The area was previously part of the Jordanhill Estate within the parish of Renfrew centred on Jordanhill House.[3]
Jordanhill Estate:1546-1913
Crawfords of Jordanhill
In 1546 Lawrence Crawford of Kilbirnie founded a chaplainry at Drumry, and to sustain it endowed it with the freehold ownership of land at Jordanhill, which then accumulated rent at a rate of £5 per annum. His sixth son Thomas Crawford was a soldier who led the 1571 capture of Dumbarton Castle, who had previously acquired the lands at Jordanhill from the chaplain of Drumry in 1562. There he built a house, possibly on or close to the foundations of an original hunting lodge. In the 18th century, one of his descendants also called Lawrence Crawford extended and refurbished the old house, and laid out the original garden scheme and associated orchards.
Houstons of Jordanhill
In 1750 the Crawford family sold the estate to Tobacco Lords Alexander Houston, whose family was also forced to sell the estate in 1800 after his business got into trouble, to James Smith of merchants Smith & Leitch.[4]
Smiths of Jordanhill
The third son of a Tobacco Lord from Craigend, James's two elder brothers having travelled to
After the death of his father in 1866, his son
After his mother's death in 1913,
Following the death of Archibald Colin Hamilton Smith in Australia on 5 June 1971, the sixth generation of the family who died without issue, the Smith family papers dealing with the Jordanhill Estate were donated to the Glasgow City Archives at the Mitchell Library. Many of the Smith family are buried in the graveyard surrounding Renfrew Parish Church.[4]
On 25 June 2007, Lord Lyon King of Arms recognized Michael Babington Smith, the grandson of Archibald Colin Hamilton Smith as successor to his grandfather as Representer of the House of Smith of Jordanhill and therefore, Michael Babington Smith of Jordanhill.
Later history
Before the twentieth century, Jordanhill was a poor area, similar to neighbouring Knightswood, with mining for coal at Skaterigg. The building of more affluent residences was coincidental with the expansion of Glasgow and the construction of a commuter railway (similar to Bearsden in the 1870s).
The site of the house was sold to
Jordanhill, Temple and Knightswood have been linked to stories of the Knights Templar; but there is no evidence for their presence in this area. When asked, the Lord Lyon King of Arms rebutted a proposal to include the Maltese cross of the Knights of St. John in the crest of Jordanhill College. Jordanhill may be related to the family name "Jardine".[7]
Amenities
There are a number of parks in Jordanhill and the immediate vicinity, as well as large playing fields on the Jordanhill Campus. Jordanhill is directly adjacent to Victoria Park, one of the largest green spaces in Glasgow and home to the Fossil Grove, an area of fossilized prehistoric tree stumps.
The area has excellent transport links. Jordanhill railway station has regular local train services to central Glasgow on the North Clyde and Argyle lines, and regular bus services are provided by First Glasgow. The Clyde Tunnel is located nearby, giving road access to the south of the city.
There are two
This area used to be home to a branch of The Jolly Giant Toy Superstores, based on Crow Road.[8]
Education
Places of worship
There are two churches in Jordanhill, both located on Woodend Drive, off Crow Road: Jordanhill Parish Church (Church of Scotland) and All Saints Church[10] (Episcopalian). Both churches are used for a variety of community and social events, in addition to regular worship, and All Saints is also home to Westbourne Gardens Nursery School. The 72nd and 178th Glasgow Scouts are based in the area, as well as 130th[11] and the 272nd Glasgow Boys' Brigades.
See also
References
- ^ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Sunday Times". www.timesonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Ordnance Survey 2nd Edition sheet 30
- ^ a b c d e f "The Smiths of Jordanhill". www.wsmclean.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, 1882-4
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36039. London. 15 January 1900. p. 6.
- ^ W. Cowie, Jordanhill: The History of a District Archived 11 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Remembering The Jolly Giant: Scotland's Toys "R" Us". www.scotsman.com. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Jordanhill School - Glasgow
- ^ "All Saints Church". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ 130th Glasgow Boys' Brigade