Glasgowpub wrote:
theres quite a few streets in south glasgow that have a reference to Mary queen of scots due to the close vicinity to the battle of langside. off the top of my head, we have dundrennan rd, named after the abbey mary fled to after the battle. darnley st after one of her hubbys. lochleven rd. is so named because mary was held prisoner there. you could include the Fotheringay pub, Fotheringay was where Mary was sadly executed . im sure theres more streets with a Mary connection.
You are right. This is a Pollokshields thing. Its all to do with the Maxwell family who owned and feued off the land that now forms the 'shields. They were supporters of Mary hence the connection and names. As well as Fotheringay Road which is where I live (and should correctly be Fotheringhay) and Darnley Road there are also Beaton (Cardinal Beaton of course), and Dolphin Roads. The last would appear the odd one out but it isn't! This is in fact an anglicised version of Dauphin i.e. the heir to the french throne that Mary was betrothed to. Apparently the post office thought no Glaswegian would be able to pronounce it which was why they changed it. How odd and rather patronising!
Cheers
CC