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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	I would say that's all Ladywell. As far as I know and without checking, Drygate itself is not an area, but is just a street name (same as Gallowgate and Trongate). Ladywell (I think) would be bounded by High Street, Cathedral Square, Wishart Street and Duke Street (though it may stretch a bit further south and take in some of Hunter and Melbourne Streets, and may go a bit more east into the brewery ground). It's 100% not Collegelands. Collegelands is actually one of the city's oldest area names. Many people think it's a modern name because of the student flats, but it appears on some very old maps and has been named Collegelands since the days when Glasgow University was on that location before moving to Gilmorehill in the west end. The boundary seems pretty well defined as south of Duke Street and North of Bell Street. Historic quarter and learning quarter and similar are all marketing guff made by the council, as you'll know. And, yeah, fuck estate agents and their 'upper east side merchant district' kind of crap, lol. Ladywell itself will be a sad one to lose. It, again, is a very, very old area name. Probably one of the very oldest going back to when Glasgow had only as handful of streets. So named due to a few natural wells in the area, particularly the Lady Well itself on Ladywell street (which is still there, but capped with an ornamental plinth and arch - one of our lesser known and ignored tourist attractions).
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Created	Wed 7th Oct 2020 8:44am
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I would say that's all Ladywell.

As far as I know and without checking, Drygate itself is not an area, but is just a street name (same as Gallowgate and Trongate).

Ladywell (I think) would be bounded by High Street, Cathedral Square, Wishart Street and Duke Street (though it *may* stretch a bit further south and take in some of Hunter and Melbourne Streets, and *may* go a bit more east into the brewery ground).

It's 100% not Collegelands. Collegelands is actually one of the city's oldest area names. Many people think it's a modern name because of the student flats, but it appears on some very old maps and has been named Collegelands since the days when Glasgow University was on that location before moving to Gilmorehill in the west end. The boundary seems pretty well defined as south of Duke Street and North of Bell Street.

Historic quarter and learning quarter and similar are all marketing guff made by the council, as you'll know. And, yeah, fuck estate agents and their 'upper east side merchant district' kind of crap, lol.

Ladywell itself will be a sad one to lose. It, again, is a very, very old area name. Probably one of the very oldest going back to when Glasgow had only as handful of streets. So named due to a few natural wells in the area, particularly the Lady Well itself on Ladywell street (which is still there, but capped with an ornamental plinth and arch - one of our lesser known and ignored tourist attractions).