A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Port Glasgow, parl. and police burgh, seaport town, and par., Renfrewshire, on river Clyde, 2½ miles SE. of Greenock and 20 miles NW. of Glasgow by rail - par., 944 ac., pop. 10,913; parl. and police burgh (including part of Greenock East par.), pop. 13,224; P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Friday. Port Glasgow was founded about the middle of the 17th century, and in 1710 became the principal custom-house port on the Clyde. The original graving dock, built in 1762, and superseded by a much larger one in 1873-1874, was the first of its kind in Scotland. The trade is principally with British North America and the West Indies. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Shipbuilding, ironfounding, sailmaking, and a large trade in timber are carried on. The ruin of Newark Castle is in the vicinity. Port Glasgow is one of the Kilmarnock Burghs, which return 1 member; its parliamentary limits were extended in 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary and police burgh, seaport town, and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Port Glasgow ScoP Port Glasgow Burgh Renfrewshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Port Glasgow |
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