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robertpool wrote:The name may have came from 'Drumbottie Farm', Bishopbriggs which was owned by Archibald Scott between 1864 and 1904. The street has been there since at least 1933.
Glesga_Steve wrote:robertpool wrote:The name may have came from 'Drumbottie Farm', Bishopbriggs which was owned by Archibald Scott between 1864 and 1904. The street has been there since at least 1933.
Well done that man!
Looks to me like you've been given the answer to your question HJ. Drumbotie Farm (only one 't' on the 1864 OS plan) was located just to the south of Auchinairn Road, just where the top end of Northgate Road is now.
hungryjoe wrote:And does anyone know how to research street names?
I lived in Drumbottie Road for years (there used to be another poster who lived there) and would like to know where the name came from. Any ideas?
Icecube wrote:hungryjoe wrote:And does anyone know how to research street names?
I lived in Drumbottie Road for years (there used to be another poster who lived there) and would like to know where the name came from. Any ideas?
I researched the street names of a place in an adjoining county (to Glasgow) and from the minutes I found - that in the the main - street names were suggested by councillors and approved (sometimes after consultaion with the roads engineer) by the General Purposes Commitee. On occasion the councillor (referred to in the minutes as the 'Local Representative') took in suggestions from local people as regards to historic reasons. I can't comment on Glasgow but the county I researched were also subject to political influence with many street names named after the 'suggestors'.
Glasgow Corporation minutes available in the Mitch.
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