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grant of the archbishop ; and by which charter these 

 lands were disjoined from the barony of Glasgow, and 

 erected into a separate barony and reg_lity with the 

 u*u*:l |x>wpri and privileges. Sir George Elphinston 

 having become insolvent, the property was attached by 

 his creditors, and sold by them to Robert Douglas, Lord 

 Viscount Belhaven ; who, dying without issue, was suc- 

 ceeded in his estates by Sir Ro!>ert Douglas of Black- 

 enton, by whom the barony of Gorbals was sold in 

 1-.47 tn the magistrates and town-council of Glasgow, 

 the Trade*' House, and I lutcheson's Hospital ; the latter 

 having purchased one half of the property at the price 

 of 40,666, 13s. 4tl. Scots, and the other half being 

 equally divided betwixt the magistrates and the Trades' 

 House. In virtue of this disposition, the magistrates of 

 Glasgow became vested in the superiority and right of 

 regality, which they itill retain. 



The land* ant) barony of ( ii>rbaU, till the year 1771> 

 formed part of the parish of Guvan. In that year the 

 village and burying ground, containing about 12 or 14 

 cm, were erected into a new parish ; and afterwards 

 the lands of Little Guvan and Polmadie, containing about 

 500 or GOO acres, together ith the whole barony of 

 Corbals, including upwards of 400 acres, were annexed 

 to the parish of Gorbals. The village of GorbaU had 

 matt likely its origin noon after the building of the old 

 bridge of Glasgow, and at an early period, from its si- 

 >n, was calle.l Hritl/t-nd. It had for many years, 

 however, made little pro/ress ; as we are informed, that 

 to late as the beginning of the U-t century it consisted 

 only of a few thatched house* on each side of the great 

 road from the south end of the old bridge. These were 

 mostly poateated by mailmen, who carried on the prin- 

 ---- i of the village. In the year 1730, it had 

 rably ; the intennediate spaces betwixt 



the old houses bong filled up with others, so as to form 

 regular and connected line of street. In 174S, the 

 creates! part of the village was burnt, after which the 

 noutes were built after a more modern plan, some ci in- 

 sisting of two, and others of three stories in height. It 

 i* only, however, within these '28 yean that any i - 

 markable improvements or additions have been made 

 with respect to the laying out of new streets or erecting 

 buildings on this barony. Previous to that time, the on- 

 ly street, properly so called, was that running south- 

 ward from the old bridge, and from which branched 

 two or three lanes, as Rutherglen lane and FaUley lane, 

 leading to these places. Since then, and in 1794, the 

 directors of Hutcheson'* Hospital have feued their pro 

 perty to the east of the old village of Gorbal.*. which 

 now forma Hutcheson Town, having everal broad and 

 MMCMNM streets, and regular and well built houses. The 

 Trades' House of Glasgow and other proprietor* have, in 

 like manner, feued the ground* to the west ; and in this 

 ttaation are Lawrieston and Tradestown ; the last frm-d 

 in 1790, whirh also contain many excellent streets. The 

 finest of these is Carleton Place, a beautiful range of 

 building* scarcely to be surpassed in Scotland, upon the 

 banks of i Iwtween the old and new bridges of 



fila-gow, and immediately opposite to Clyde street, 

 Charluttr and Claremont place* in that city. 



It has been already mentioned, that an ho-pitl called 

 Leper'* Hospital, was erected here about the middle of 

 the 18th century ; it was situated, with its burying 

 ground, to the east of the Old Bridge, but no vestige** 

 of it have been observed for more than a century. An 

 old chapel, dedicated to St. Ninian, still remains on 

 the eeat side of the principal street of Gorbals, adjoin- 

 ing to which u a square tower, with turrets, now used 

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as a prison, itc. which was built by Lord Viscount 

 Belhaven, about the beginning of the 16th century. 

 The chapel is now used as a court-house, police office, 

 &c. The old church of Gorbals, situated to the west of 

 the main street, was built as a chapel of ease to Govan 

 in 17^9, and used as the parish church, till within 

 the.-e few years. It is now a Gaelic chapel, where wor- 

 ship in that language is regularly celebrated. The 

 new church is a handsome modern building, facing the 

 Clyde, to the east of Carleton Place, with a fine spire, 

 174 high ; it was erected in 1810. In Hutcheson Town 

 is a meeting-house for a Relief congregation, built se- 

 veral years ago, and in Tradestown, another for the Me- 

 thodists, on an elegant plan, erected in 1812. 



The barony of Gorbals is governed by a magistrate 

 appointed by the magistrates and town-council of Glas- 

 gow, who is one of that body, and under whom are 

 two deputies or magistrates resident within the barony, 

 who hold regular courts for the discussion of cases, 

 either civil or criminal. An excellent system of police 

 has also been established of late years, which has been 

 found of the greatest service to the public, by the pro- 

 tection it affords to the persons and properties of the 

 inhabitants. 



The population of the parish of Gorbals, including 

 Hutchexm Town, Lawrieston, and Tradestown, has of 

 late rapidly increased. An enumeration was made two 

 yean ago, wlun it was found that the inhabitants 

 amounted to 17,000; but, as the buildings have been 

 still increasing, tin- amount of the population may be 

 stated at | nary 1818, at no less than 20,000. 



Sri- Deonabn's MS. History of LutmrUtift ; Nasmyth's 

 Agricultun '<i'i ; 1 )en holm's History of Glat- 



goui i Hopkirk's Account of the Forth and Clyde Ca- 

 nal ; ^tiitisticiil Account, (n. J.) 



I. .\\CAsHIRli i a maritime county on the north 

 west coast of Kn-laiul. It is bounded on the north by 

 Westmoreland, and a part of Cumberland ; on the east 

 rkihire; on the west by the Irish sea; and on 

 nth by Cheohire. In shape, it is very irregular; 

 at the northern extremity, there is a considerable por- 

 tion of it, entirely detached from the rest, across an 

 arm of the >ca. Indeed it may, in some measure, be 

 regarded as composed of thru- peninsulas, of which this 

 jnit mentioned is one. This is comprehended between 

 the river Dudden, which separates it from Cumberland, 

 and the Ken which divides it from Westmoreland; the 

 second peninsula lies between the Ken and the Kibble; 

 and the third between the Kibble and the Mersey, 

 which is the boundary betwixt this county and Che- 

 shire. The first of these, which Camden and other an- 

 cient geographers call Furness-falls, and which is still 

 known by the name of Fames*, is in some places 14 

 miles from north to south ; but in most, not above se- 

 ven, and about 1 8 from east to west ; the line of coast, 

 however, stretches upwards of 30 miles. The second 

 peninsula, or natural division of Lancashire, which is 

 comprehended bet ween Westmoreland, that dividesFur- 

 ne&s from the rest of the county, and the river Kibble, 

 was called by the Saxons, Acmundi-ness ; by the Nor- 

 mans, Agmardernesse ; and now commonly Anderness, 

 extends about 25 miles from north to south, and about 

 12 miles from east to wet. The last natural division 

 of the county lies between the rivers Kibble and Mer- 

 sey ; it is the l;iryc.t and finest part of Lancashire, ex- 

 tending about '2'-' miles from north to south, and in 

 some places : 5 from we-t to east. 



The greatest length of the whole county is a''out 74 Extern, 

 miles ; its greatest breadth, which is at the southern 



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