Shettleston

Shettleston (Scots: Shuttlestoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nighean Sheadna) is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland.

Shettleston

Shettleston New Church
Shettleston
Location within Glasgow
OS grid referenceNS642640
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG32
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Toponymy

The origin of the name 'Shettleston' is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a multitude of spellings. A papal bull of 1179 refers to "villam filie Sedin" - the residence of Sedin's son or daughter.[3] A Gaelic derivation suggests "the daughter of Seadna".[4] Johnston (1892) observes that shuttle in Old English means a scuttle, whilst scutel means 'dish'.[5]

History

Like several of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge, lying within Lanarkshire. Today Shettleston - the heart of a local authority ward of the same name - lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the city centre. Informally, it incorporates the neighbourhoods of Budhill, and Greenfield immediately to the north, although they fall within another Scottish Parliament constituency and Glasgow City Council ward; however, the Sandyhills neighbourhood to the south-east has the same administration as Shettleston in all respects. The area is well served by public transport, lying on the A89 road.

The Palaceum Bar, Shettleston in 2004.
Housing in Kenmore Street, Shettleston in 2004.

Shettleston railway station on the North Clyde line of the Abellio ScotRail local railway network provides a direct link to Glasgow Queen Street. It once was linked to Hamilton by the North British Railway, but this line has long since been closed.

In the early years of the 21st century, Shettleston was identified as the only place in the United Kingdom where life expectancy was falling.[6] The reasons for the decline included poor diet and remarkably high smoking rates. Neighbouring Easterhouse does not fare much better.

Shettleston was badly affected by the 2002 Glasgow floods.[7][8]

Churches

Shettleston has a number of churches of all denominations, St Paul's (RC), Shettleston Baptist Church, St Serf's Episcopal Church, Shettleston Trinity Church, Shettleston New Church of Scotland (formerly Eastbank Parish Church), Romanian Orthodox Church in Shettleston Old Parish Church Halls, the Shettleston Old Church Halls was home to a number of community groups, including the 94th Glasgow (1st Shettleston) Company of the Boys' Brigade, founded in 1893. The church closed and parishioners were amalgamated with the Church of Scotland in Tollcross, due to building falling into disrepair in 2016 and as of 2017, is currently up for sale. In 2018 the 94th Glasgow Boys' Brigade moved base to Shettleston New Church near Aldi and Tesco on Old Shettleston Road/Annick Street.

Sport

Shettleston F.C. is the local Football Club, having been founded in 1903.

Military cadet associations

Both units have their headquarters in Killin Street, Shettleston.[9][10]

Notable people

References
  1. "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland".
  2. "List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland".
  3. http://www.glasgowhistory.co.uk/Books/Shettleston/Sections/History.htm
  4. https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/arts/aboutus/news/headline_580565_en.html
  5. Johnston, James Brown (1892) Place-names of Scotland, Edinburgh: David Douglas
  6. Smith, David (14 March 2004). "Shettleston's falling life expectancy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  7. Remembering Glasgow’s floods of 2002, The Scotsman, 11 January 2016
  8. "Floods cost into 'millions'". BBC News. 1 August 2002.
  9. "1089 (7th Glasgow) Squadron Air Training Corps". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  10. "Detachments in Glasgow And Lanarkshire Battalion ACF". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  11. Obituary for Stephen Fullarton, 'The Guardian', 4 April 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/apr/04/1
  12. Handstands in the Dark. Ebury Press/Random House. ISBN 978-0091900298
  13. 'No Mean Soldier', by Peter McAleese. (Pub. Orion, 1993).
  14. "A Game of Two Halves: The Autobiography: Amazon.co.uk: Archie Macpherson: Books". Amazon.co.uk. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  15. 'War Is Hell, but It Pays Off for MacLean', Alistair Johnstone, 'Los Angeles Times', 17 December 1972, P.1
  16. Entry for James Beuamont Neilson, 'Encyclopedia Britannica'. https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Beaumont-Neilson

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