Old Photograph Byres Road Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, horse and cart, shops, people and buildings on Byres Road in Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland. Stretching from Great Western Road at the Botanic Gardens in the north to Dumbarton Road at Partick Cross in the south, the road originally ran through a relatively rural area called the Byres of Partick, also known as Bishop's Byres. The oldest pub in the area is the 17th century Curler's, originally sited beside a pond used for curling and, legend has it, given a seven day licence by King Charles II. During the period when Hillhead and Partick were independent burghs, Byres Road was known by its original name of Victoria Street. By the time Hillhead was annexed by Glasgow on 1 November 1891, there were four different Victoria Streets in the expanded Glasgow area. All these streets were subsequently renamed with Victoria Street, Hillhead, becoming Byres Road. The burgh of Hillhead was created on 14 May 1869 and the Burgh Chambers were established in Victoria Street in 1873.



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