English / Map Form: Purdon Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid Purdon
Location: Partick, Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Purdon Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid Purdon
Element Meaning
G sràid ~ ‘street’ + EN Purdon ~ surname
Sources
“Purdon’s Well, situated at the back of the property belonging to William Purdon, Laird o’ Brigend, a short distance from the foot of Anderson St.” Napier H&RoP, 127
After John Purdon, who gifted the land for the Quaker Burial Ground next to the street which now commemorates him, in 1711.
