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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Barrowfield like this:
Barrowfield, a suburb of Glasgow, in Calton parish, Lanarkshire, on what was the Burgh Moor, adjacent to the Clyde, at the south-western extremity of the city. Standing compact with Bridgeton, it is a dingy, smoky seat of factories and other works, with a chapel of ease and a Church of Scotland mission station. The Regent Murray, in 1568, encamped his army on the site of Barrowfield, and there received accessions of recruits and provisions from the city on the eve of his march to the field of Langside.
Barrowfield is now part of GLASGOW CITY City. Click here for graphs and data of how GLASGOW CITY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barrowfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barrowfield, in Glasgow City and Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22345
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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