Hello Lynne
If I had a computer that wanted to work properly I might be able to help you faster. As it is things are a bit slow here but I have discovered that your St John's Church was still standing in 1892.
I'll keep looking when and if that bearded man in a hot air balloon allows me to....
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Thread: Help Please
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09-02-2013, 8:45 PM #21malcolm99Guest
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09-02-2013, 9:09 PM #22malcolm99Guest
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09-02-2013, 9:55 PM #23CoromandelGuest
'In 1793, when an Act of Parliament was obtained for building Hutchesontown Bridge, the Magistrates were empowered to sell or feu a stripe of ground in the Laigh Green, on each side of the continuation of the Salt-market-street, and also a stripe of the Calton Green, adjoining the road formerly known by the name of the Double Dykes road, which has since been increased in width from the Green, and made into a spacious street, and convenient approach to the City.'
From 'The Rise and Progress of the City of Glasgow...' by James Cleland (published 1820; available on Google Books).
Though I have been looking at some old maps that hasn't helped me identify where Double Dykes was or what it became.
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09-02-2013, 10:08 PM #24malcolm99Guest
Last edited by malcolm99; 09-02-2013 at 10:11 PM. Reason: found ref
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09-02-2013, 11:13 PM #25malcolm99Guest
Sorry Coromandel I completely missed your posting. I had a feeling that it must be near the river and had been knocked down when London Street was built. Your description fits in with this.
I haven't looked at this area very much but I've just seen that there's a Greendyke Street between St Andrew's Square and what I suppose is the Park. It needs looking at more closely.
https://maps.nls.
uk/townplans/view/?sid=74416307&mid=glasgow_1_centre#sid=74416307&mi d=glasgow_1_centre&zoom=4&lat=8381.72718&lon=10710 .72772&layers=BT
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10-02-2013, 3:03 AM #26lynnelayGuest
Hugh Fletcher b c 1780 on the Isle of Mull. He married Janet McGregor in 1801 in Glasgow in a gaelic speaking church. He was my great x4 grandfather. All called either Hugh or Alexander.
Post Office directories of 1812 to 1818 have him being a wood turner of Double Dykes, before moving to Calton Entry. The 1818 one says Double dykes Calton. In 1824 he was at Calton Entry where he stayed until his death in 1865.
In 1807 he was in Gibson St, which from the map link you sent me , using 1812 map
https://maps.
nls.uk/joins/view/?rsid=74400939&sid=74400943&mid=788&pdesc=SouthCen tre section#rsid=74400939&sid=74400943&mid=788&pdesc=S outh%20Centre%20section&zoom=4&lat=9501&lon=7527.5 &layers=BT
top right is nearly in the country side. Calton Entry and gibson st both on it. I can't imagine Double dykes would be far away.
Thanks for all your help
lynne
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10-02-2013, 3:18 AM #27lynnelayGuest
Insomnia has hit. There is a road called Green Dyke that edges the "park" at the bottom of the 1812 map. Or at least it is called Green dyke on current maps. (A to Z) Not named on 1812 map- perhaps that was it because Coromandel's post said it was formerly known as DD and has been increased from the green.
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10-02-2013, 8:01 AM #28malcolm99Guest
I suspect the closest we’re going to get To Double Dykes based on Coromandel’s #23 is that it’s somewhere to the south of Saltmarket as shown on this 1807 map:
https://
tinyurl.com/beopj3b
The Wooden Bridge is Nicholson’s 1803 Hutchesontown Bridge and there’s an 1806 picture of it here:
https://www.
theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSE00518
The extract from Cleland’s book that Coromandel found gives a graphic description of the area as it was around the time when High Fletcher was living there:
https://
tinyurl.com/atlb8az
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10-02-2013, 10:26 AM #29lynnelayGuest
This photo shows St John's Church, demolished 1962. The photographer must have stood with his back to Calton Entry.
Thanks for the link.
https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSE01331
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10-02-2013, 10:48 AM #30malcolm99Guest
That's a good find. That pram looks newish - it'd be fascinating to know if there was a baby in it - it wouldn't surprise me if there was!
So the space to the left of this drawing is St John's Place and the building on the right would appear to be the infantry barracks>
https://tinyurl.com/az3t2ve
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