Summerston

no Gaelic form

Settlement

Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

NS567701

English / Map Form: Summerston

Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form

Location: Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Summerston

Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form

Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Simmerstoun 1654 Blaeu text
Somertso 1654 Blaeu map Lennox
Sommerston 1795 Richardson [with r inserted later, and at site of Summerston Farm on other side of Kelvin]
Village of Simmerston 1808, A System of Geography Ancient and Modern, ii, 108

Additional Information

The forms containing Simm- suggest the surname Summers or Symmers, (cf Black) rather than the season. Some other 19th century books refer to this as Simmerston.

Alternative Forms