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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	Temple is a funny one. Well, actually, Anniesland is the funny one. I've tried to map these areas out before and have a lot of trouble working out where exactly Anniesland's boundaries should be. Kelvindale runs into Dawsholm and Temple, then Temple runs into Netherton, which both roll into High Knightswood. Then you have Jordanhill roll into Low Knightswood. And this is where I hit the same snag every single time... There's not a lot of space left for Anniesland. My conclusion on it is that Anniesland wasn't originally a big area and pretty much was just the immediate surroundings of Anniesland Cross, probably just as far north as around Sutcliffe Road, as far south as around Ancaster Drive, as far east as the railway lines and as far west as Knightswood Road (maybe before that even). Modern road layouts are what screws it up. These areas were originally a mix of rural fields with dotted industrial settlements (Jordanhill Brickworks, Temple Gasworks, etc). The boundary between all these areas would have been listed on deeds as something like 'the treeline perpendicular to the rocky stone pile', which is obviously no longer relevant to what we can see today. It also doesn't help that Anniesland Cross has shifted to the west a little bit and doesn't follow its original layout. Bearsden Road didn't exist at one point, with old Anniesland Cross having Crow Road be both it's north and south roads, instead of just south like today. The big high flat building at Anniesland Cross was the location of the old Anniesland Halls which would have faced east onto Crow Road.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/kp1gph/lostunknownabsorbed_districts_of_glasgow/ghxcnwr/
Created	Sun 3rd Jan 2021 9:09am
Status	normal ()

Temple is a funny one. Well, actually, Anniesland is the funny one. I've tried to map these areas out before and have a lot of trouble working out where exactly Anniesland's boundaries should be. Kelvindale runs into Dawsholm and Temple, then Temple runs into Netherton, which both roll into High Knightswood. Then you have Jordanhill roll into Low Knightswood. And this is where I hit the same snag every single time... There's not a lot of space left for Anniesland.

My conclusion on it is that Anniesland wasn't originally a big area and pretty much was just the immediate surroundings of Anniesland Cross, probably just as far north as around Sutcliffe Road, as far south as around Ancaster Drive, as far east as the railway lines and as far west as Knightswood Road (maybe before that even). Modern road layouts are what screws it up. These areas were originally a mix of rural fields with dotted industrial settlements (Jordanhill Brickworks, Temple Gasworks, etc). The boundary between all these areas would have been listed on deeds as something like 'the treeline perpendicular to the rocky stone pile', which is obviously no longer relevant to what we can see today.

It also doesn't help that Anniesland Cross has shifted to the west a little bit and doesn't follow its original layout. Bearsden Road didn't exist at one point, with old Anniesland Cross having Crow Road be both it's north and south roads, instead of just south like today. The big high flat building at Anniesland Cross was the location of the old Anniesland Halls which would have faced east onto Crow Road.