Old Photograph Strathbungo Scotland

Old photograph of shops, trams, houses and people in Strathbungo, Glasgow, Scotland. Strathbungo grew up as a small village built along the Pollokshaws Road, one of the main arteries leading southwards from the centre of Glasgow, adjoined by the Camphill Estate, now part of Queens Park. The village never achieved burgh status and was annexed to Glasgow in 1891. Strathbungo lay just inside Govan parish, on its boundary with Cathcart parish, and at one time the line of Allison Street and Nithsdale Street formed the boundary or 'march' between the counties of Lanark and Renfrew. Strathbungo developed as a crofters and miners village in the early 18th century. By the end of the 19th century, over 35 families were living in the village and weaving had become the principal occupation. In 1859 development of a residential suburb to the south west of Strathbungo began, when numbers 1 to 10 Moray Place were built to the design of Alexander Thomson. The other terraces, named, as was Moray Place, after the protagonists in the Battle of Langside fought nearby, Regent Park Square, Queen Square and Princes Square, later renamed Marywood Square, formed a private estate, exclusive enough to have gates. This part of Strathbungo was designated a conservation area in 1973. In the 1890s Charles Rennie Mackintosh lived at 27 Regent Park Square. By the 1870s tenement buildings had started to appear, and with annexation to Glasgow in 1891 building proceeded apace.





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