Sorley Street

Sràid Shomhairle

Building or Street

Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

NS563665

English / Map Form: Sorley Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Shomhairle

Location: Partick, Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Sorley Street

Gaelic Form: Sràid Shomhairle

Language Notes

G nom. sg. sràid fem., street + gen. Somhairle masc., personal name

Element Meaning

G sràid ~ ‘street’ + Somhairle ~ personal name

Sources

Formerly Robertson St. in 1913.

‘There was a Bailie Sorley in 1913’ (Spalding 1999, p.18)