This is a fascinating look at the history of scotland. View a range of property to rent in speirs wharf, glasgow g4 with primelocation. The impressive buildings there used to house grain mills, warehouses and a sugar refinery. The national theatre of scotland today announces plans to remodel and refurbish extensively a former cash and carry building in the speirs wharf regeneration area of northwest glasgow, to create a new centre for creativity, production and talent development, designed by gareth hoskins architects. Scotland has had direct social and economic links with the west indies for nearly 400 yea. Speirs wharf offers a range of exclusive moorings at the heart of a wellestablished, vibrant, waterside community. Wheatsheaf building, 52 speirs wharf, glasgow, g4 9tj. Mapping the city uses historic maps to provide insights into the history of glasgow over the past five centuries. The forth and clyde canal, which runs seatosea between the two rivers, has passed through glasgow since the eighteenth century, though it ceased to be navigable in 1963. Truth about bats, search for the missing bones, wild whale watch, space explorers, twister trouble, giant germ, great shark escape, penguin puzzle, its about time. The history of the wharf about the wharf district wharf. This was 100% of all the recorded speirs s in the usa. The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about speirs wharf, glasgow, scotland, g4 9tg is based on the last census performed in the uk in 2011.
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Sixty photographs by members of the scottish national antarctic expedition, and report on the scientific results of the voyage of s. On the evening of may, 1861, general benjamin butler and 1,000 union soldiers arrived at baltimores camden street station by train. Find property to let in speirs wharf, glasgow g4 with the uks leading online property market resource. Dating back to the 1700s, the wharf was once home to native americans and early european settlers. Here truly is a magnificent book which does comprehensive justice to the scottish. Here at our glasgow clinic, our experienced team of pam clinicians will always provide the professionalism and client care that you would expect from one of the uks leading occupational health and wellbeing providers. V the opportunity to enjoy real quality of life in a unique location.
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It lies to the north of cowcaddens, and to the west of sighthill, with hamiltonhill and possilpark to the northwest. Boats still line the canal banks here but not the industrial puffers of. Glasgow speirs wharf moorings speirs wharf glasgow lowlands g4 9tb t. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Youll find us working hard in speirs wharf, but what is it that makes this place so. The latter results in small, cheerful books such as scotland.
This eccentric, sprawling fourpart novel set in glasgow and a fictional. It became an industrial centre in the 19th century. The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about speirs wharf, glasgow, scotland, g4 9tj is based on the last census performed in the uk in 2011. Flats speirs wharf glasgow flats in glasgow mitula property. Glasgow, port dundas, 52 speirs wharf, wheatsheaf building. In 1840 there was 1 speirs family living in new york. Author of polar exploration, life in the antarctic.
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Free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. Hi i wonder if you can help, i work for a youth project and had a group at speirs wharf having lunch, we left our canon black camera and i wonder if anyone has found it. Boats still line the canal banks here but not the industrial puffers of old of the 18th and 19th centuries. A more sustainable lifestyle that will allow you to go green and get closer to nature. Jul 26, 2018 speirs wharf, glasgow, united kingdom. This free family tree guide was developed to help our visitors with their genealogy search for family names. We hope you will participate on the speirs forums, it is a great place to find or post information on speirs genealogy and is completely free to participate.
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Port dundas formed the terminus of a branch of the forth and clyde canal in the centre of glasgow, linking to the adjacent monkland canal. Just along the road from speirs wharf, on north canal bank street, is pinkston watersports also home to outdoor pursuits scotland and the glasgow wake park. Seven storey, classical pediment above three projecting centre bays, end pairs also project. Settlement started in 1626 when james hay, the earl of carlisle, was appointed proprietor of barbados, an event which led to a number of scots making their way to the island. White ashlar front to canal, red and white brick other walls.
National theatre to create permanent headquarters in. The port dundas terminus was established at one hundred acre hill between 1786 and 1790 and was named after sir lawrence dundas, one of the major backers of the forth and clyde canal company. We have supplied a few links and guide lines that we have found are helpful to beginners and intermediate genealogists. A notable and impressive landmark across the north glasgow skyline, our iconic building on the hill at port dundas, speirs wharf is a canal side location, offering unique and unparalleled residential and commercial accommodation in the heart of scotlands largest commercial city. My grgrandmother ann annie hastie was living at 241 canal bank speirs wharf in 1871 when she was and a millworker. Some idea of the grandeur of the tobacco lords houses which often dramatically punctuated the ends of the streets named after them can be had in the original core of glasgow. Scotland has had direct social and economic links with the west indies for nearly 400 years.
Speirs wharf is a really quiet hidden gem a stones throw from the centre of the city. Speirs wharf was constructed circa 1800s and has been finished externally in blonde sandstone. See houses and flats from the top agents in speirs wharf, glasgow g4 and get contact details for enquiries. Located in speirs wharf, we are twenty five minute walk to city centre. National theatre to create permanent headquarters in speirs wharf. The most speirs families were found in and scotland in 1841and scotland in 1851and scotland in 1861and scotland in 1871and scotland in 1881and scotland in 1891and scotland in 1901. The property is located immediately to the east of craighall road and west of spiers wharf and enjoys an enviable position at craighall, immediately adjacent to the forth and clyde canal, which has seen. Port dundas sugar refinery, 4050 speirs wharf, 1866. We have collected some of the best resources from across the web to do research on speirs history, speirs ancestory, and speirs family connections. Find the best offers for flats speirs wharf glasgow. Speirs wharf is a glasgow landmark occupying a prominent location at the head of the forth and clyde canal in port dundas overlooking the city centre.
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