English / Map Form: Anderson Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid MhicIllAnndrais
Location: Partick, Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Anderson Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid MhicIllAnndrais
Language Notes
G nom. sg. sràid fem 'street' + gen. sg. MhicIllAndrais, masc. 'Anderson', surnameElement Meaning
G sràid ~ ‘street’ + MacIllAndrais, ~ ‘Anderson’, surname
Sources
This is likely named after Rev. Henry Anderson; Anderson St. School, founded by the Free Church in 1846, still stands. (Anderson St. and Wilson St. built around the same time in the 1870s).
Additional Information
The name does not appear in Partick in 1820 map (no 43).