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Partick Bridge Street

Sràid Drochaid Phartaig

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City of Glasgow

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English / Map Form: Partick Bridge Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Drochaid Phartaig


Location: Partick, Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Partick Bridge Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Drochaid Phartaig


Language Notes

G nom. sg. sràid fem., street + nom. sg. drochaid fem., bridge + gen. dg. en. Pàrtaig, Partick

Element Meaning

G sràid ~ ‘street’; drochaid ~ ‘bridge’; Pàrtaig ~ Partick

Sources

“In 1136 (the first written mention of the name Partick) King David granted Partick to the Bishop of Glasgow who at some time built the Bishop or Town Mill at the ford where Bishop Mill Court, a converted 19th century mill building, stands today opposite the foot of Partick Bridge Street. A bridge was built over the Kelvin at this point sometime before 1577. There are no remains of the Castle (his summer residence) that he built nearby.

The bridge and the mill were approached from Glasgow via what is now Old Dumbarton Road, which also led to the ferry and ford across the Clyde between the villages of Partick and Govan. After crossing Partick Bridge this road became the highway from Glasgow to Dumbarton. Now Dumbarton Road, it didn’t go through the small village, but passed to the north of it.”
From The Glasgow Story, Bill Spalding: Neighbourhoods: Partick

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See Partick.

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