Priesthill

Priesthill
0141
Priesthill 0141;
Police	Scotland
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UK Parliament	Glasgow South West;
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	List of places UK Scotland Glasgow 55°48′57″N 4°20′36″W / 55.815764°N 4.343219°W

Priesthill (

Silverburn Centre shopping complex to the north. The M77 motorway runs to the east of Priesthill with open farmland beyond.^[1]

History

Priesthill was first mentioned in ancient text as a farm community owned by Walter Steward the progenitor of later Stuart kings and queens.

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Once part the parish of Eastwood in Renfrewshire, the area was encompassed within Glasgow at the same time as Pollokshaws in the 1910s. Priesthill was one of the earliest attempts made by the Glasgow local government to relocate families from the outdated central tenements of Gorbals, Pollokshaws and other districts. Several homeless families were housed there in or around 1948–1950.

St Robert Bellarmine Secondary and other public schools were built to educate the influx of new residents in the early 1950s.

Glasgow Corporation for housing purposes and the Darnley development was built there. Eastwoodmains, adjacent to Arden and Priesthill, was being farmed by the MacDonald family into the 1960s; this land was taken partially to make way for the new M77 motorway. The houses built by the local government in the 1950s^[4] were mostly condemned and levelled in the 2000s and the land used for a mixture of private and public housing developments.^[5] Others were refurbished in the 1980s, but required further substantial investment by the 2010s.^[6]

Notable residents

Limmy^[7]

References

^ Priesthill at Gazetteer for Scotland
^ "Alexander Peden: Prophecy, Ploughmen and Preaching in 1682". 17 April 2014.
^ Housing Estates, Glasgow (Schools), Hansard, 18 April 1950
^ Elliston Drive (Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design, 1952), The Glasgow Story
^ Glenlora Drive (Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design, 1948), The Glasgow Story
^ Council promises £5.12 million makeover for blighted Priesthill community, Glasgow Live, 25 January 2017
^ English, Paul (25 August 2009). "Exclusive: Drink drove me to verge of suicide, reveals internet funnyman Brian Limond". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

External links

Media related to Priesthill, Glasgow at Wikimedia Commons
Priesthill and Househillwood Thriving Place, Glasgow Community Planning Partnership, October 2017
Priesthill and Househillwood, Understanding Glasgow, 2012

[1] Priesthill at Gazetteer for Scotland

[2] "Alexander Peden: Prophecy, Ploughmen and Preaching in 1682". 17 April 2014.

[3] Housing Estates, Glasgow (Schools), Hansard, 18 April 1950

[4] Elliston Drive (Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design, 1952), The Glasgow Story

[5] Glenlora Drive (Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design, 1948), The Glasgow Story

[6] Council promises £5.12 million makeover for blighted Priesthill community, Glasgow Live, 25 January 2017

[7] English, Paul (25 August 2009). "Exclusive: Drink drove me to verge of suicide, reveals internet funnyman Brian Limond". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

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