Old Photograph of a Tram, shops and people on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland. Sauchiehall is a corruption of the Scots sauchie hauch, sauchie; abounding in willows and hauch; a low lying meadow by the side of a river. Sauchiehall Street is one of the most famous streets in Glasgow, partly due to its rich history. The desire of wealthy merchants to own property on the outskirts of the city meant that it was expanded and as a result of this Sauchiehall Street grew. Around 1820 the street was known as Saughie-haugh road, a quiet narrow road with a number of villas and terraces with distinguished names. After the street was widened in 1846, older buildings were replaced with tenements in the 1850s and then some commercial buildings in the 1870s.
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