Keith Street

Sràid Chè

Building or Street

Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

NS563665

English / Map Form: Keith Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Chè

Location: Partick, Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Keith Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Chè

Language Notes

G nom. sg. sràid fem. 'street' + gen. sg. Cè 'Keith', place-name

Element Meaning

G sràid ~ ‘street’ + Cè ‘Keith’, place-name

Sources

This is named from Keith in Banffshire ~ Baile Chè.

This street was named Kelvin St until the 1920s, previously known as The Goat (from Scots word for small gulley), Spalding 1992a, 2
.

From c. 1932 it appears as Keith St and therefore follows the trend for renaming after places in this area.