Polmadie
Polmadie
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2011 image of Calder Street in Polmadie showing fire station and church (right) and incinerator chimneys, since demolished | |
Location within Glasgow | |
OS grid reference | NS595625 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G42 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Polmadie (
For over 50 years, the most prominent landmarks within Polmadie were the 66-metre-high (217 ft) twin chimneys of a now disused waste
Also located in the area is
The area was also home to
History
Origin and meaning of the name
Polmadie is derived from the
Early modern period
During The Killing Time of politico-religious conflict, a group of soldiers commanded by a Major Balfour arrived at Polmadie Mill on 11 May 1685 and seized 2 weavers, Thomas Cooke and John Urie, and a labourer, Robert Thom, then shot them in a summary execution, and imprisoned the other men from the Mill. The three Polmadie Martyrs' bodies were buried in Cathcart Old Church graveyard where there is a memorial.[6][7]
Shipbuilding
The Glasgow firm of Alley & MacLellan was a significant producer of smaller commercial vessels as well as the world's leading manufacturer of steam lorries (later Sentinel Waggon Works of Shrewsbury).[8][page needed] Their building at Polmadie , designed by Archibald Leitch, is Category A listed due to its significance as the first steel-reinforced concrete building in Scotland, but was unoccupied and dilapidated as of the 2020s.
The yard had been built a considerable distance to the south of the river,
Sources on-line
References
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland (2010). "Oblique aerial view centred on the fire brick works, taken from the W (1167677)". Canmore.
- Evening Times. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Paul Williams (25 July 2016). "Glasgow network visits Viridor GRREC Polmadie ECS". Eco Congregation Scotland. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- Evening Times. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Beginnings: Early times to 1560: Neighbourhoods, Simon Taylor, The Glasgow Story
- ^ Scott, Alexander M (1890). "Notes on the Lands of Polmadie and Crosshill". Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society. 1 (4): 518–522. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Cathcart Old Parish Church". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Hughes, William Jesse & Thomas, Joseph Llewelyn (1973) A History of Alley & Maclellan and The Sentinel Waggon Works: 1875-1930. Newton Abbot: David & Charles
- ^ Millar, W. J. (1888) The Clyde, From Its Source to The Sea, Blackie & Son [1]
- ^ Marshall, P. J. (2001)The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press