Strathbungo
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Strathbungo is a mainly residential area of southern
.The feudal superiors, the Maxwells of Pollok, preferred the name Marchtown. This name is seen on some old maps, and survives in March Street.
Etymology
The words 'Strathbungo Cross' appear on a
Development
Strathbungo developed as a
1859 and 1860 are the dates of the feuing dispositions granted by
In Alexander Thomson's death notice published in the Glasgow Herald of 23 March 1875, his place of death is described as "1, Moray Place, Regent Park" with no reference to Strathbungo; the residential suburb was initially styled Regent Park, although the area was always more widely known as Strathbungo.
By the 1860s tenement buildings had started to appear, and the last of the original village buildings were lost in the 1890s. The village never achieved burgh status and was annexed to Glasgow in 1891.
Strathbungo railway station opened on 1 December 1877, and closed on 28 May 1962.
Conservation
The Strathbungo Society helps promote the preservation of the Strathbungo Conservation Area and organises events for local people like 'Bungo at the Bells' at the New Year and the 'Bungo in the Back Lanes' event in June each year which was originally set up to help get people into the lanes in Strathbungo and to highlight the need for the refurbishment of them.