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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: skippy on Thursday 08 February 18 16:07 GMT (UK)
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Does anyone know if there were 2 Kirk Streets in Glasgow in the 1880's.
My ancestors lived in Kirk Street , Calton in the 1880's but when I googled Kirk street it shows one in the Gorbals district as well.
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There were two ..
Kirk Street in the Calton ran from Main Street (later changed to Well Street) to Green Street _ Green Street still exists today but there is no trace of Well Street.
(Kirk Street in the Gorbals ran from Main Street -later renamed Gorbals Street- to Buchan Street)
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Thanks very much Falkyrn.
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Just re checked, Kirk Street was also renamed and became part of Stevenson Street, it is the section of Stevenson Street that runs from Green Street to Claythorn Park in the modern maps.
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A family of my Ancestors were living at 76 1/2 Kirk St Back Land
at the time of the census 1901 the rest of the census district info is as follows
Registration Number 644/4
Registration district Calton
Civil parish Glasgow St Luke
County Lanarkshire
this image is dated around that time and may give you an idea of the conditions
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Thanks for posting the picture MCD, gives me an idea of what the conditions looked like, as one of my ancestors lived in one in the 1840/50's, not Kirk Street though, but a Back Land in Glasgow.
Cheers
KHP
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Great pic' MCD, shows the kind of housing, with fore-stairs, in the east end of Glasgow which were swept away & replaced by the tenements. Wonder if that's the factor collecting the rent? ;D
Skoosh.
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It is a good picture but paints a very different one from others of the period. There is an impression of space which was unusual in the Backs and Vennels of the City, the walls are all painted white (or light coloured) instead of being blackened by soot and to cap it all (no pun intended) isn't everybody very well dressed.
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http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=12002&r=2&t=4&x=1
Another from the Mitchell library online said to be Kirk street also
http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=10935&r=2&t=4&x=1
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MCD, that first pic' shows slum-clearance houses built by Glasgow Corporation, I remember some of them in the Townhead which were known as "The Working Men's Ludgings!" (Dwellings)
The second pic' shows the fore-stairs again which saved on space taken up by internal stairs. Bricks & roof-tiles instead of stone & slate. There won't be anybody in Glasgow now living who remembers streets of these old houses. The great era for four-storey tenement building was around 1900.
Skoosh.
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Hi manda_mcd,
I also had ancestors at 76 1/2 Kirk St but in the 1860s. Always wondered what the 1/2 meant?! Thanks for the photo...brings living conditions into perspective.
Regards,
Andrea
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Hi manda_mcd,
I also had ancestors at 76 1/2 Kirk St but in the 1860s. Always wondered what the 1/2 meant?
It probably means ½. When another building was built on the same land as an existing building that already had a street number, the new building was sometimes given the same number plus a half.
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Thanks Forfarian!
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St Luke's parish church has been converted into a venue for concert's, weddings etc'. Been to a couple of gigs in it, superb acoustics! ;D
www.stlukesglasgow.com/saint-lukes/
Skoosh.
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surprises me no end every time i discover another ancestor lived in one of the few most of mine did although at different time i have about 4 or 5 streets in Hutchiesontown and about 20 or more families have stayed there