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- Partick (Scots: Pairtick, Cumbric: Peartoc, Scottish Gaelic: Partaig) is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan.
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Feb 7, 2024 · Growing up in Partick was a pleasure reserved by many proud Glaswegians - but it was only just over a 100 years ago in 1912 when the burgh of Partick was annexed by the city of Glasgow.
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.
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.
Any "populous place" from this time on was able to adopt a police system and become a burgh. The pressures caused by Partick's very rapid demographic and industrial expansion proved to be too much for the village's mid-nineteenth century infrastructure.
Partick Burgh Hall is a grand and historic “B” listed building, which was originally built in 1872 as the Council Chambers for the Burgh of Partick. Today, it is a perfect venue for meetings and small conferences, classes and clubs, fairs and exhibitions, rehearsals and concerts; all at very competitive rates.
In 1872 the Burgh Halls moved to larger premises opposite the West of Scotland Cricket pitch, where Partick Burgh Halls still stand. As Glasgow continued to expand, Partick was eventually absorbed into the city and in 1912 Partick was a burgh no more.
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.
