Archive CD Books:History, Topography & Genealogy Books on CD:Great Britain:Scotland:Scottish Counties:Lanarkshire
These two volumes on one CD cover the history of Glasgow in 370 until 1816. It has chapters on the rise and progress of the city including chapters on the magistrates and law, religions influence and structure, public buildings, charities, hospitals, societies, schools, regiments, riots, fires, construction and destruction, as well as tales of the city.
Unusually it has lots of handwritten notes on cover pages, naming people such as the chief importers of tobacco, members of the literary society and more, which were added in 1850.
Most importantly it lists by name Hammermen, Tailors, Cordiners, Maltmen, Weavers, Baxters, Skinners, Wrights, Coopers, Fleshers, Masons, Gardeners, Barbers Dyers and Bonnetmakers.
It even lists the price of bread! A great way to learn more about your ancestors and the life they lived. Essential reading for those with Glasgow ancestors.
Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
A wonderful, and very readable history of Glasgow, covering a host of topics, from the very beginnings, the trades and traders, the Glasgow martyrs, the tobacco lords, the great inventors, the making of the Clyde, rise of industries, coal, iron and ships, stories of the streets, and much more. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Written by a native of the city, John McUre, this book, published in 1830 chronicles the origins, rise and progress of Glasgow.
Packed full of interesting, background information for people with ancestors from Glasgow, this book includes descriptions of all the significant places in the city; it's amenities, government, trade and buildings. It has superb descriptions of streets which name some of the inhabitants and their trades, lists of shopkeepers, linen and woollen drapers and many other tradespeople plus notes about some of the citizens who emigrated
"The second park is that which is commonly called New Green, adorned with pleasant galleries of elm-trees and situated in the south east of the city…it hath all the summer betwixt two and three hundred women bleaching of linen cloth and washing linen cloths of all sorts in the river Clyde." Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
A fascinating book about Glasgow and its people, published in 1881. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
