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NEIGHBOURING BURGHS AND SUBURBS.
GOV AN is a police burgh, town, parish and on the
south bank of the Clyde, about 3 miles west of Glasgow,
and has a station on the Glasgow and South Western
railwaj', and on the Glasgow and Paisley joint railway.
It gives its name to one of the Parliamentary divisions
of Lanarkshire. It is now almost one with Glasgow, there
being a continuous line of houses connecting the two. The
burc^h is governed by a provost and 18 commissioners.
It has little to interest beyond its extensive shipbuilding
yards, which for the construction of iron vessels have
earned a world-wide reputation. The whole parish is now
entirely in Lanarkshire, as, under the provisions of the
"Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889" (52 & 53 Vict.
0. 50, sections 44 to 50), Boundary Order 140, the por-
tion of Govan parish formerly in Eenfrewshire has been
transferred to Lanarkshire, and most of it incorporated
with the extended city of Glasgow. The parish church,
picturesquely situated near the river, was re-
built in 1896. The asylum at Merryflatts was erected by
the Govan Parochial Board. There are branches here of
the Eoyal Bank of Scotland, the National Bank of Scot-
land Limited and the Union Bank of Scotland Limited.
Elder Park, presented to the inhabitants of Govan by
Mrs. Elder, was opened in August, 1885, by the Earl
of Rosebery, and contains a statue of the late John
Elder esq. erected in 1888, at a cost of _^2,ooo, and near
the Govan road now stands a statue of the late Sir William
Pearce, d. 18 Dec. 1888. A Free Library is now (1903)
in course of erection, at a cost of ^27,000. defrayed by
Mrs. Elder. The burgh contains an area of 1,303 acres ;
rateable value in 1900-03, ;^4ii,457; population in 1891,
61,363, and in 1901, 76,532. The area of the parish
(Govan Combination) is 6,712 acres; the population in
1891 was 280,275, and in 1901, 341,450, viz. : — Glasgow
burgh, 189,470; Govan police burgh, 76,532; Govan town
(beyond police burgh), 5,642 ; Kinning Park police burgh,
13,852 ; Partick police burgh, 54,298 ; landward, 1,656.
The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was
80,483.
The population of the wards in 1901 was: — first,
11,632 ; second, 18,388 ; third, 9,988 ; fourth, 9,122 ; fifth,
16,069; seventh, 11,151.
Cardonald is a quoad sacra parish in Govan and Paisley
(Renfrewshire) civil parishes; the population in 1901 was
2,043.
PARTICK is a town and police burgh in Lanarkshire,
on the north bank of the Clyde, and west of the city of
Glasgow, and in the civil parish of Govan, opposite Govan
burgh. It has a station on the North British railway,
and is environed by agreeable scenery and possesses a
beautiful park. There are also mills, factories, boat-
building yards, and other industrial establishments. The
burgh is governed by a provost, 6 magistrates and 11
commissioners. There are branches here of the National
Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Com-
mercial Bank of Scotland Limited, the Union Bank of
Scotland Limited and the Clydesdale Bank Limited. The
area of the burgh is 956 acres; rateable value in 1903,
;^3o5,962. The population has increased with extra-
ordinary rapidity. In i86i it was 14,861 ; in 1871,
23'9°4; in 1881, 27,396; in 1891, 36,538, and in 1901,
54,281 in the burgh and 14,923 in the ecclesiastical
parish.
The population of the wards in 1901 was : — first,
8,819; second, 10,627; third, 10,311; fourth, 13,534; fifth,
10,990.
EINNING PARE, in Govan parish, on the south bank
of the Clyde, about i mile south-west of Glasgow, is a
quoad sacra parish, and was created a police burgh i6th
January, 1871, and under Order No. 140 of the Boundary
Commissioners has been transferred from Renfrewshire
to Lanarkshire. The area is 108 acres ; rateable value,
1902-3. ^^65.323 ; tlie population in 1901 was 13,852, viz. :
first ward, 4,306; second, 2,883; third, 1,870; fourth,
4.793-
The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was
16,516.
RUTHEEGLEN, or Ruglen, as it is commonly called, is
a town and ancient royal burgh, and police burgh and
parish in Lanarkshire, with a station on the Caledonian
railway, and is 2J miles south-east from Glasgow and 9
west from Hamilton. The town consists of one principal
street with many smaller ones branching from it ; in the
vicinity are collieries, and there are chemical and dve-
works, several factories, a paper mill, a pottery, tube
works, and a shipbuilding yard, which give emploj-ment
to a large number of the inhabitants. Eutherglen was
erected into a royal burgh in 1126, by King David I. and
under his charter the inhabitants enjoyed many privileges.
After that period small craft oame up the Clyde to
Eutherglen quay. The burgh is governed by a provost,
two bailies, a treasurer, a Dean of Guild, and thirteen
councillors. Together with Eilmamock, Dumbarton,
Port Glasgow and Eenfrew it forms the Kilmarnock par-
liamentary district, returning one member. This place
once gave the title of earl to the Hamilton family, and
subsequently, by a marriage, to that of Douglas, but it
became extinct on the death of William (Douglas) 3rd
Earl of Ruglen and Earl of March, in 1810. The parish
church, with the exception of the tower, was built in
1794; the tower, now standing detached, is a plain square
structure, with a sort of broach spire, relieved by dormers.
In the old church of Rutherglen Sir John Monteith, in
1291, engaged to betray to the English his friend and
companion. Sir William Wallace. The Town Hall, in
Main street, erected in 1861, at a cost of nearly ^14,778,
is a structure of dressed freestone, with a large square
tower, containing a clock with four dials. In 1876 muni-
cipal and other buildings were added at a cost of ;^i7,ooo.
The town has a good circulating library. There are
branches here of the National Bank of Scotland Limited
and the Co mm ercial Bank of Scotland Limited. The fairs
here have been noted for a great show of horses, par-
ticularly of the Lanarkshire or Clydesdale breed, esteemed
the best for draught in Scotland ; they are held on the
first Friday after the 4th of May ; first Tuesday after the
4th of June; first Friday after 2Sth of July; first
Friday after the 25th of August; Wednesday and Friday
in the first week of November, and the Friday after the
25th of November. The castle of Rutherglen (which
stood near to Castle street, but of which not a trace now
remains) was several times besieged during the reign of
King Robert the Bruce, and it remained a place of
strengUi until the battle of Langside, 13 May, 1568, soon
after which the Regent Murray, to revenge himself on
the Hamilton family, in whose custody it then was,
ordered it to be destroyed. The parish of Rutherglen
comprises an area of 2,158 acres ; burgh, 339 acres ; the
population in 1891 was 16,168, and in 1901, 20,934; the
royal burgh at the latter date having 18,279 ; rateable
value, 1902-3, ^106,064, including the royal burgh, which
â– >^as ;^53.42i.
The population of the police burgh in 1901 was 16,184,
viz. : East ward, 5,440 ; Middle ward, 5.356 ; West ward,
5,388.
The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was
11.993-
Wardlawhill and West Church are quoad sacra parishes
in Eutherglen civil parish; the population of the former
in 1891 was 2,992, and in 1901, 4,328 ; that of the latter
in 1891 was 3,163, and in 1901, 3,527.
POLLOKSHAWS is a town and burgh of barony, in the
parish of Eastwood, county of Eenfrew, zh miles south-
west from Glasgow, on the road to Irvine and near to the
White Cart river, in a pleasing valley sheltered by planta-
tions, and has a station on the Caledonian and on the
Glasgow and Kilmarnock joint railways. The town con-
sists of several well-built liut somewhat irregular streets.
The trade of the place is considerable, there being ex-
tensive establishments for weaving and dyeing, bleach
fields, paper works, iron foundries, engineering works,
and estabUshments for the manufacture of earthenware,
together furnishing emploj-ment to the greater portion of
the inhabitants. PoUokshaws was erected into a burgh
of barony in 1814. in favour of Sir John Maxwell barb,
of Pollok, and the government of the town was then
vested in a provost, one baihe, six councillors, and
a treasurer, but under the " Police Act of 1892," the
governing body has been increased to 12 members, in-
clusive of a provost and four bailies. A justice of the
peace court is held weekly for small debt civil cases, and
a burgh police court daily, for disposal of criminal
cases. The Public Hall is a building with a spired
tower, and there is also a good public library. A new
Town Hall was built in 1896 by Sir John Stirling-
Maxwell hart. M.P. at an estimated cost of between
^15,000 and j/^2o,ooo, from the designs of Dr. Eowland
Anderson, Rutland square, Edinburgh ; it will hold about
800 people. There are branches here of the Clydesdale
Bank Limited, the Oommeroial Bank of Scotland Limited