Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pollokshaws

Pollokshaws, police burgh and ry. sta., Eastwood par., Renfrewshire, on river White Cart, in SW. suburbs of Glasgow, pop. 9363; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; has cotton factories, bleachfields, printworks, papermills, and iron foundries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "police burgh"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Eastwood ScoP       Renfrewshire ScoCnty
Place: Pollokshaws

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