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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.
Partick. By Bill Spalding. 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 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. The village did not extend north of the Highway until after the 1797 bridge was built.
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.
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.
Partick was made a police burgh in 1852. Partick through time. Partick is now part of Glasgow district. Click here for graphs and data of how Glasgow has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Partick itself, go to Units and Statistics.
