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- Partick remained a relatively small village until the early nineteenth century.
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Partick remained a relatively small village until the early nineteenth century. The steep drop of the River Kelvin between what is now Glasgow's Botanic Gardens and the river's mouth, led to Partick becoming an important centre of milling, especially grain milling.
Although Partick remained a village until the middle of the 18th century, it is an ancient place. The Kings of Strathclyde had a residence there, and in 1136 David I (1124–1153) granted the lands of Perdyc to the see of Glasgow. The Bishops of Glasgow had a country seat in Partick.
Feb 7, 2024 · Partick's history dates all the way back to ancient times - while there was nothing like Dumbarton Road, the Kings of Strathclyde did have a residence in what would become modern day Partick, and it was later the site of Partick Castle, owned by George Hutcheson, which was demolished in 1836.
Until annexed in 1912 to become a district of the City of Glasgow, Partick was a village (later an independent burgh) lying west of Glasgow. Fossil Grove in Whiteinch Park contains prehistoric fossilised tree stumps.
The Rising Burgh: 1560 to 1770s. Neighbourhoods. Partick. By Bill Spalding. The village of Partick lay north of the River Clyde, west of the River Kelvin and south of the Highway. For some time the western boundary was near where Anderson Street is today, not moving further west until the mid-1800s.
Partick became a Police Burgh in 1852, with the first council led by the senior magistrate, David Tod, who would become Partick's first provost. A public meeting took place on 4th August 1852 to elect commissioners and appoint magistrates to establish the new burgh.
With the establishment in the 1840s of Tod & MacGregor's Meadowside Shipyard at the mouth of the River Kelvin, Partick was transformed from a weaving village of 1,000 to an industrial community of 5,000 by 1850. People poured in looking for work from all over Scotland and from Ireland.
