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Since you mentioned St Rollox... Did you know that St Rollox is an alternate spelling for St Roch's? You can also see the name survive with the St Roch's schools in Royston, and also the chapel on Royston Road.

Sighthill is on a temporary hiatus. The name is hardly used because the area was flattened a few years ago, but it'll be back soon once they rebuild. They are currently putting a new fancy bridge over the motorway to relink Sighthill with the city centre.

The name Little Egypt is still used by the locals. [It started with this little building on Dalness Street](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8460771,-4.1727375,3a,75y,78.73h,88.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sHySC5iuW1mvIR3fgdcWHCQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DHySC5iuW1mvIR3fgdcWHCQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D52.122387%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192), and I think most of the Egypt Farm itself was where St Pauls School is today.

There are loads of area names that have come and gone. Some of them only exist on old maps or in the memories of old grannies and grandas and some of them survive and are still used in some fashion, usually only by the locals that still live there and taxi drivers.

A handful more for you:

Claythorn. The area where Anniesland College sits as well as the streets surrounding it. Survives today in the name of Claythorn Community Council.

Other folk have already mentioned some other that spring to mind like Overnewton, Sandyford and Temple.

**Netherton** is another one next to Temple though.

I assume you are east end? If so these ones might interest you. **Gallowmuir** is/was the area sandwiched between Duke Street and Gallowgate, where Graham Square and Armour Street is and where the old Abbatoir/meat market was. Immediately to the east of that, **Bellfield** was the area bounded by Duke Street, Bellgrove Street, Gallowgate and Bellfield Road. Immediately east to that, **Annfield** was the area bounded by Duke Street, Bellfield Street, Gallowgate and Millerston Street. Immediately to the East of that was **Camlachie**. This is still used from time to time. You will sometimes hear some people refer to the old Bluevale high flats as the Camlachie high flats. Most of Camlachie was the area now occupied by the Forge Retail Park where the Tesco, B&Q, Pizza Hut and KFC are. The name survives with Camlachie Street in the little industrial area just to the south of the retail park.

North of all this, in Dennistoun, a few area names have been absorbed. Dennistoun has grown to swallow up the areas of **Firpark, Milnbank and Kennyhill.**

Easterhouse is quite a big area and can be subdivided into **Wellhouse, Stepford, Kildermorie, Provanhall, Commonhead and Rogerfield.** All these names are used a lot, but are mostly unknown to anyone that doesn't come from in and around Easterhouse. Nearby, **Queenslie** still exists, but only as an industrial estate. The area once had a whole community of houses. My best mate grew up in Queenslie before being decanted to Cranhill.

**Betrohill** is another east end area that is now gone. It was at the bottom of Stepps Road, centred on where Burlington Court Care Home is today.

If I think of more, I'll add them in.