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 was formed on the site of a monastic establishment, which at the Reformation was bestowed by the Crown upon the College of Glasgow.

, in honour of Sir William Collins, who was Lord Provost in 1877. He was senior partner of William Collins, Sons & Co., the well-known publishing firm.

was at first called Queen Street.

, named for James Cook, a well-known engineer whose works were there. He engined some of the earlier steamers on the Clyde.

, Plantation, was named for a relative of Mrs. Maclean, wife of the first proprietor of that name.

, commemorative of Sir John Moore's victory over the French on 16th January, 1809.

was formed through the village of. So named from being the place where cows were milked.

was part of the commons belonging to the town. In the burgh records of 9th March, 1631, it is recorded that part of the lands of Cowlairs was let for £6 13s. 4d., and the mikle hill nearest Flemington, the Sagie Holm, part of Kowlairs, and Channel Moss were let for 52 merks.

. This was the name of the greater part of the Plantation estate, on which this street is formed, previous to its acquisition by Mr. Robertson in 1783.

was formerly called Drumother Hill. Some sapient historian twisted this ancient title into Drumover Hill, stating that it had acquired the latter cognomen from being the spot to which all vagabonds were escorted when to the tune of the "Rogues' March" they were drummed out of town. This was a pure invention. The vagabonds were ejected at the Gallowgate