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Author	eenbiertje
Comment	I disagree with this. I think it's fair to say that modern Finnieston (the area around Argyle St, Minerva Crescent, etc.) has been known as "Finnieston" going back to the late 1800s. It's slightly interchangable with Stobcross nowadays, which was the area further south around the docks which you mention. The village of Stobcross sat on a small burn here for centuries prior to the western expansion of Glasgow. Much of Stobcross disappeared by the riverside when replaced by Queen's Docks in the mid 1800s, only to be later filled in and built over by the SECC. You can see Stobcross listed on maps going back as far as the mid 16th century, usually as "Stobcrof". Anyway, on Finnieston - this developed out of a mansion house built roughly on where Stobcross Road was now. It and the lands north which were fued into tenement blocks were named Finnieston by the landowner, merchant Matthew Orr, who named it in honour of his tutor, Reverend the John Finnie. Long story short - this area centred on the Argyle St & Finnieston Street junction was known as Finnieston back then, in the late 1700s. Indeed, the name "Finnieston Street" denotes how the street leads into this district from the riverside to the south. You can also point to the two former railway stations "Finnieston Station" (disused, behind the Tesco on Argyle St) and "Stobcross Station" (now the Exhibition Centre Station) as examples of where the two districts were, and how they evolved with different identities over time.
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Created	Sat 5th Dec 2020 1:09am
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I disagree with this.

I think it's fair to say that modern Finnieston (the area around Argyle St, Minerva Crescent, etc.) has been known as "Finnieston" going back to the late 1800s.

It's *slightly* interchangable with Stobcross nowadays, which was the area further south around the docks which you mention. The village of Stobcross sat on a small burn here for centuries prior to the western expansion of Glasgow. Much of Stobcross disappeared by the riverside when replaced by Queen's Docks in the mid 1800s, only to be later filled in and built over by the SECC. You can see Stobcross listed on maps going back as far as the mid 16th century, usually as "Stobcrof".

Anyway, on Finnieston - this developed out of a mansion house built roughly on where Stobcross Road was now. It and the lands north which were fued into tenement blocks were named Finnieston by the landowner, merchant Matthew Orr, who named it in honour of his tutor, Reverend the John Finnie.

Long story short - this area centred on the Argyle St & Finnieston Street junction was known as Finnieston back then, in the late 1700s. Indeed, the name "Finnieston Street" denotes how the street leads into this district from the riverside to the south.

You can also point to the two former railway stations "Finnieston Station" (disused, behind the Tesco on Argyle St) and "Stobcross Station" (now the Exhibition Centre Station) as examples of where the two districts were, and how they evolved with different identities over time.