Gouan
Gouan (/ˈɡʌvən/ GUV-ən;Inglis: Govan, Scots Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a destrict an umwhile burgh nou pairt o soothwast Glesga, Scotland. It is 2.5 mile (4.0 km) bewast Glesga ceety centre, on the sooth bank o the Clyde, fornent the mooth o the Kelvin an the destrict o Pairtick.
Gouan
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 Govan Burgh Hall | |
  Gouan Location within Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | NS555655 |
| • Edinburgh | 45 mi (72 km) E |
| • Lunnon | 346 mi (557 km) SSE |
| Cooncil area | |
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| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | GLASGOW |
| Postcode destrict | G51 |
| Diallin code | 0141 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
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By a medieval legend's wey o it, Constantine, a 7t-centurie CE Keeng o Strathclyde, foondit a monastery unner the rule o Columbanus in Govan. In the Middle Ages, Govan wis the steid o a ferry that linkit the area wi Pairtick for seasonal cattle drovers. In the 1800s an 1900s, textile mills an coal minin wis important; in the early 1900s shipbiggin emerged as Govan's heid industrie. In 1864, Govan gained burgh status, an wis Scotland's fift lairgest burgh. It wis incorporatit intae the ciety o Glesgae in 1912.[1] Houanivver, the fowk o Govan aften proclaims tae be Govanites first an Glesga fowk seicont an whan spiert "Are you frae Glesga?", replys wi "Naw, A cum fae Govan" yet.[2]
Notes
eedit- ↑ Reevel Alderson (7 August 2012). "How Glasgow annexed Govan and Partick 100 years ago". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ acumfaegovan Archived 2014-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Acumfaegovan.
References
eedit- "Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3) Schedule 2 Shipbuilding Industry". UK Statute Law Database. 1977. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2007.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Govan Community Council Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Govan Architecture and History Archived 2015-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Get into Govan
- Govan, the Place and the People
- Fairfield Heritage Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Govan Maps 1857-1934, National Library of Scotland Archived 2014-04-18 at the Wayback Machine