L written to the left of marriage cert.

[RJ_Paton]

Just checked on Talking Scot - it seeems to mean Landward:
Added - could  Pollockshaws be described as Landward 

It's not Pollokshaws that would be defined as "landward" - it was the Parish area concerned as it was outside the Burgh Boundary (Pollokshaws was a Burgh in its own right for a while)

  In or of the country as opposed to the town, non-urban, rural. Gen.Sc. For administrative purposes parishes which are partly in a town and partly in the country are often divided into landward and burghal sections

I have to also admit myself as one of the less observant - despite having very strong links with Pollokshaws I have not seen this differentiation on any of the certificates

[Gadget]

Falkyrn

The area is described as Pollokshaws East on the cert.  It is quite clear from the quotes that I've given that the area was divided into two - Burgh and Landward. I'm sure that TS and SP would be correct so I honestly can't see what you're are trying to say.

Gadget

PS - To repeat part of one of my quotes:

the parishes being split into two halves - Burgh and Landward (town and rural)

[RJ_Paton]

In reply number 5 you added the specific question

Added - could  Pollockshaws be described as Landward

While you quite correctly pointed out the reference to Burgh and Landward your added question muddied the waters and for those who were not aware of the history of the area my response was an attempt to clarify that the Burgh of Pollokshaws was an entity in its own right and that all of  Pollokshaws could not be considered "Landward".

[Gadget]

Oh dear - that was a joke. I thought it was pretty obvious  that it was 

Add- I should have put some smilies after it