Crosshill

This airticle is aboot the destrict o Glesga. For the village in Sooth Ayrshire, see Crosshill, Sooth Ayrshire.

Crosshill is an area o Glesga, Scotland. It is situatit sooth o the River Clyde. It wis a unthirlt polis burgh frae 1871 til 1891 afore bein annexed tae the ceety.

Croashull
Dixon Halls, umwhile Crosshill and Govanhill Burgh Hall
Crosshill Location within Glesga
OS grid reference	NS585623
Cooncil area	Glesga
Lieutenancy area	Glesga
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	GLASGOW
Postcode destrict	G42
Diallin code	0141
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Glasgow South
Scots Pairlament	Glasgow Southside

History

In earlier maps the area wis cried Corsehill, that means Gorse hill, sae the name is likely a corruption o this earlier name, an disnae refer tae a cross. There is a great deal o gorse growin on the slopes o nearby Langside College in Battlefield. Housomeivver, accordin tae Hugh Macintosh's The Origin and History of Glasgow Streets, prentit in 1902, "CROSSHILL derives its name frae a auncient cross which stuid on a hicht still cried the Cross Hill. This moniment wis aboot ten feet in heicht an three-an-a-hauf wide, an bore a sculpturt representation o Christ enterin Jerusalem ridin on a ass. It wis taen doon bi some vandals aboot the end o the aichteent century." This wad suggest that if a corruption o the name "Corse Hill" tae "Cross Hill" occurred, it mey indeed hae resultit frae the presence o a cross on the hill.

Govrenment

Umwhile pairt o the Coonty o Renfrew, Crosshill enjoyed a brief existence as a unthirlt polis burgh frae 1871 till it wis absorbit bi Glesga in 1891. Crosshill an Gouanhill tae its north form a continuous biggit-up airt an due tae sharin a common postcode an amenities, as weel as a similar design style in some biggins, they are aft thocht tae be the same destrict (houiver historically this wisnae the case). Crosshill borders Queens Pairk an Munt Floridae tae the sooth, Strathbungo tae the wast an Polmadie tae the east. The airt is hame tae Holyrood Secondary School an umwhile fitbaa stadium Cathkin Park.

It is covered bi Crosshill an Govanhill Commonty Cooncil.

Transport

Crosshill station in 2008

The area is servit bi Crosshill railwey station.