English / Map Form: Byres Road
Gaelic Form: Rathad nam Bàthaichean
Location: Partick, Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Byres Road
Gaelic Form: Rathad nam Bàthaichean
Language Notes
G nom. sg. rathad masc. gen. pl. masc. def. art. nam + gen. pl.bàthach masc. 'byres'Element Meaning
G rathad ~ road; bàthach ~ byre
Sources
| Byres Roy | 1747-55 |
| Byres | 1794 Ainslie Renfrew |
| Byres | 1821 Ainslie South |
Additional Information
”It gets its name from the lands known as the Byres of Partick through which it passed. At various times the spelling was changed to Byars and to Bishop’s Byres, because it is generally supposed to have belonged to the bishop whose herd of cattle was kept in byres there.” Foreman, 29
