Several families owned estates neighbouring Glasgow which would eventually in time be swallowed up by the city. Around the 1720s one family member, James Anderson decided to make one portion of the estate more productive by setting up a community of handloom weavers. A Glasgow handloom weaver in 1916 (Image: Glasgow City Archives)Modestly he named the village Anderson Town after himself and his family, and over time the village became known as Anderston. A postcard of Anderston Cross (Image: Glasgow City Archives)By 1758 Anderston Weaver’s Society laid out a new street called Bishop Street, as their population increased. Sharps Lane, from Stobcross Street, 1910 (Image: Glasgow City Archives)As a now important suburb, Anderston’s inhabitants pushed for greater status and in 1824 a Crown Charter constituted the area as a ‘burgh of barony’.

Source: The Times October 01, 2023 06:56 UTC