Anderson Street

Sràid MhicIllAnndrais

Building or Street

Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

NS563665

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', surname

Element 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).