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 "Place Names of Scotland" it is given as Srath Mou Gah, Valley of Saint Mungo, or the dear one. This is evidently manufactured, as "mon gah " is pure Norse.

was named for Robert Struthers, brewer who was the first Provost of Calton.

is named for James Sword, through whose lands of Annfield it was formed.

, after Charles Tennant, the elder, of Saint Rollox Chemical Works.

(off Dake Street), after Bailie John Thomson of Annfield Pottery.

consists of that portion of land allocated to the Trades House out of the purchase made from Sir Robert Douglas by the Magistrates and Council in 1647. It is bounded on the east by Bridge Street and Eglinton Street, on the north by the River Clyde, on the west by West Street, and on the south by the Paisley and Johnstone Canal. It was laid off for feuing by John Gardner, optician, who was the associate and friend of James Watt. The names of almost every street in the section have been changed since the plan was made. Centre Street alone excepted, the first house in which was built by Thomas Craigie in 1790.

was at first known as Saint Thanew's Gate, but the name was changed on the introduction of the Tron weighing establishment. The old title being cariied westward, and getting metamorphosed, was imposed upon Saint Enoch Square.

. A Mr. Bagnal had a pottery here, who made a speciality in the manufacture of tureens; hence the name. He was a Frenchman and a Roman Catholic. During a fanatical outburst in February 1780, the Protestants wrecked his place, and smashed his crockery. He had also a shop in King Street