English / Map Form: Castle Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid a’ Chaisteil
Location: Partick, Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Castle Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid a’ Chaisteil
Language Notes
G nom. sg. sràid fem. 'street' + gen. sg. def. art a’ (leniting and slenderising) + gen. sg. caisteal masc. ‘castle’Element Meaning
G sràid ~ ‘street’; caisteal ~ ‘castle’
Sources
‘on the south west bank of the River Kelvin where stood for many years a ruinous building said to be the remains of Partick Castle.’: Macintosh, Glasgow Streets C-D, 421
Additional Information
This is named after Partick Castle, a fortified house north of Meadowside, which was constructed c. 1600 and was at one time the country home of George Hutcheson, co-founder of Glasgow Hutcheson’s Hospital. Evidence of a castle appears on Ainsley’s 1796 map, but in ruins. The Castle was demolished in 1836.
