Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Govan

Govan, town and par. with ry. sta., partly in Renfrewshire but chiefly in Lanarkshire -- par., 6733 ac., pop. 232,896; town (forming W. suburb of Glasgow), pop. 50,506; 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. The town of Govan owes its prosperity to the shipbuilding industry.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Govan ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty       Renfrewshire ScoCnty
Place: Govan

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