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Pollok Estate in the mid-1800s
Pollok House 1870
Pollok Estate Map 1857
Photographs of Pollok Estate: Duncan Brown c1856
Duncan Brown (1819-1897) was a talented amateur photographer whose work documents aspects of Glasgow life from the 1850s until the 1890s.
© Glasgow School of Art
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Engraving of Pollok House: 19th century
Pollok House was built between 1747 and 1752 in Pollok Park for the second baronet, Sir John Maxwell. The Maxwell family had settled at Pollok in the Middle Ages and built three castles on the estate before Pollok House. The story that Pollok House was designed by the famous architect William Adam appears to be untrue, although he may have been consulted by Sir John.
In the centre of this image a carriage can be seen crossing a bridge which was built across the White Cart in 1758. A man and woman are fishing in the foreground. Pollok House and Pollok Park were given to the city in 1966 and the house is maintained by the National Trust for Scotland.
From http://www.theglasgowstory.com
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Paintings of Pollok Estate c1830
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Watercolours showing Pollok House by an unknown artist c 1830. This is a series of paintings commissioned by the Maxwell family depicting buildings and views on the Pollok Estate.
Reproduced with the permission of the National Trust for Scotland. From http://www.theglasgowstory.com
A history of the witches of Renfrewshire. Published 1809
The story of the witch who lived in Polloktoun, the village which was over the river from Pollok House on the ground which is now part of our golf course.
Blaeu map of area 1654
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Translation
On the nearer bank of the Clyde is located the Barony of Renfrew, named from the main town, which seems to be Ptolemy’s Randuara on the River Cathcart; Continue reading “Blaeu map of area 1654”
Pollokshaws in the 1600s
From page 44 of http://pollokshaws.org.uk/