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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	Council wards don't really match up with neighbourhoods. Believe it or not, but the council don't keep a list or boundary maps of neighbourhood areas. There isn't anything officially official about neighbourhood area names. The closest thing you will get from the council are the boundaries of community councils, which don't strictly match up to all the neighbourhoods. Some are easier to define than others. Some are mostly known only to the people that live there. Many boundaries are completely debatable. A few only exist as remnants of memory. Some have grown from their original villages. Some have been swallowed up by the growth of others. Generally, neighbourhood names come from something historical, like an old village (say, Strathbungo) or an old estate (say, Kelvinside) or an old church parish (say, Blawarthill) . Some are defined by topography, like a hill (say Gartnethill or Gilemorehill). Some named after a local water feature (say, Springburn or Ladywell). Many modern boundaries try to follow roads, but a lot of the time they follow geographic features (like the northwest boundary of Drumchapel and of Glasgow itself following the Cleddans Burn). Some of it is guesswork. Some of it involves hours of researching history books and old maps. I have an excellent knowledge of the city, yet my own boundary map on GoogleMyMaps is still under construction and has been for a few years now.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/k61fq5/working_on_a_map_of_glasgow_districts_and_was/geia7d7/
Created	Thu 3rd Dec 2020 5:57pm
Status	normal ()

Council wards don't really match up with neighbourhoods.

Believe it or not, but the council don't keep a list or boundary maps of neighbourhood areas. There isn't anything officially official about neighbourhood area names. The closest thing you will get from the council are the boundaries of community councils, which don't strictly match up to all the neighbourhoods.

Some are easier to define than others. Some are mostly known only to the people that live there. Many boundaries are completely debatable. A few only exist as remnants of memory. Some have grown from their original villages. Some have been swallowed up by the growth of others.

Generally, neighbourhood names come from something historical, like an old village (say, Strathbungo) or an old estate (say, Kelvinside) or an old church parish (say, Blawarthill) . Some are defined by topography, like a hill (say Gartnethill or Gilemorehill). Some named after a local water feature (say, Springburn or Ladywell). Many modern boundaries try to follow roads, but a lot of the time they follow geographic features (like the northwest boundary of Drumchapel and of Glasgow itself following the Cleddans Burn).

Some of it is guesswork. Some of it involves hours of researching history books and old maps. I have an excellent knowledge of the city, yet my own boundary map on GoogleMyMaps is still under construction and has been for a few years now.