Old Photographs Trongate Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Trongate, Glasgow, Scotland. It was around the 1560s that the name Trongate first began to be used. The name comes by virtue of a weighbeam erected in the mid 16th century. The weigh beam was where all goods that were brought in from the Clyde were weighed and taxed. 'Tron' was the Norman French derived Scots term for weighing scales, the region became known as Trongate. The Tron church, built in the 17th century, with its distinctive steeple and clock is the street's best known landmark, and was substantially redeveloped in the 1980s as the Tron Theatre. Historically, in line with the rest of Glasgow's medieval area, Trongate fell into decline following the Industrial Revolution as the city expanded westwards.





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