Jordanhill Local History
Jordanhill
is a residential area
situated in the
west end of Glasgow
north of the
Clyde Tunnel
Welcome to
the website of
Stuart
McLean
I moved to Jordanhill in 1958 and
during the last 40 years I have researched and gathered an extensive collection
of maps, photographs and articles about the history of the area. The
possibility of writing a book has always been at the back of my mind but
rejected on two counts; (a) a small book would contain only a fraction of the
available data and (b) a big book would cost the earth to produce and no one
might buy it.
The advent of the web has created the
perfect medium where I can publish articles as I go along, revise, add photos
and withdraw material at will. I have compiled the following pages (or
‘chapters’) to date but I am working on others, so watch this space for more
facts about this lovely area of Glasgow. If the following topics on Jordanhill
are all printed out they will fill about 120 pages of A4.
Most pages have photographs or maps
which may take a little time to load even using broadband. In order to speed up loading I have
saved the images at low resolution but I have good quality originals and if you
wish one of these please contact me.
For the
following topics, click on the hyperlink
“Old Jordanhill” in photographs http://www.wsmclean.com/bygones.htm
Jordanhill from the air, aerial photos http://www.wsmclean.com/aerialphotos.htm
Jordanhill in Old Maps 1654 – 1905 http://www.wsmclean.com/oldmaps2.htm
Jordanhill and the Railways http://www.wsmclean.com/railways.htm
Jordanhill south of the railway http://www.wsmclean.com/south.htm
Jordanhill and mining http://www.wsmclean.com/mining.htm
Road names in Jordanhill http://www.wsmclean.com/jroads.htm.
History of Jordanhill by W Campbell, 1932 http://www.wsmclean.com/campbell.htm
Jordanhill – Sport and Leisure http://www.wsmclean.com/leisure.htm
Local shopping, past and present http://www.wsmclean.com/localshopping.htm
Compass Observatory of Jordanhill http://www.wsmclean.com/observatory2.htm
Jordanhill’s shop and Compass Cottages http://www.wsmclean.com/shop.htm
The Smiths of Jordanhill http://www.wsmclean.com/Smiths.htm
The Oswalds
of Scotstoun http://www.wsmclean.com/Oswalds.htm
Jordanhill School and the Press
1985-89 http://www.wsmclean.com/JCSpress.htm
St John and Montgomerie – Jordanhill
connections http://www.wsmclean.com/St John.htm
Mackintosh and Jordanhill School http://www.wsmclean.com/Mackintosh.htm
Jordanhill School Memories (Finlayson)
http://www.wsmclean.com/finlayson.htm
Jordanhill Church, foundation stone http://www.wsmclean.com/stone.htm
Jordanhill Church, 150th
Birthday http://www.wsmclean.com/150years.htm
All Saints’ Church 100th
Birthday http://www.wsmclean.com/allsaints.htm
Jordanhill Community Council http://www.wsmclean.com/JCC.htm
Election 2005, our constituency
boundary map http://www.wsmclean.com/election2005.htm
References and book list http://www.wsmclean.com/booklist.htm
Brief
biographical note:
I am a retired Chartered Civil Engineer,
a graduate of Glasgow University, and have lived in Glasgow for 80 years. My interests are local history, family
history, DIY, family and grandchildren.
I retain copyright on all my material
and where possible I acknowledge sources.
I trust I have not inadvertently
infringed anyone else's copyright.
Please contact me if you can add any
additional details, if you find any errors
or you wish more information.
My e-mail address
is stuart@wsmclean.com
Website set up July 2004
Revised on 15 November 2016