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 operation till well on in last century, reached the entire length, crossing Jamaica Street in an overhead gallery.

(Bridgeton) was formed on ground pertaining to Barrowfield Spinning Factory, which was owned by the same gentleman, who is deservedly commemorated by a statue at the north-east corner of George Square.

(Whiteinch) and the lands of Scotstoun belong to another branch of the same family.

. See Laurieston.

is formed on the lands of that name, which was the patrimonial estate of Walter Gibson, who was Provost of the town in 1688.

, of old Perdyec, from the Gaelic aper dhu ec, meaning the place at the confluence or mouth of the dark river.

, named in honour of Sir Robert Peel, who passed the Reform Bill of 1832. From his name originated the title of "peeler," as applied to the police; and from the interest he took in the cause of Orangeism, the irrepressible Dan frequently prefaced his attacks upon him in Parliament by addressing him as his friend "orange peel."

is formed on the site of the Phœnix Foundry, which was carried on for many years by Thomas Edington & Sons.

, after the thoroughfare of that name in London, which got its title from a tailor named Higgins, who had introduced piccadille, a French term for a kind of trimming set round the edge of a garment, by which he made a fortune.

, named in honour of William Pitt, the celebrated statesman.

. These lands are composed of several smaller