Mount Floridae

Mount Floridae is a area in the sootheastren corner o the Scots city o Glesga, Scotland.

Mount Floridae Scots Gaelic: Cnoc Florida Inglis: Mount Florida
Mount Floridae Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NS587611
Cooncil area	Glasgow City Council
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 Cathcart

Oreegins

The Glesga destrict o Mount Floridae oreeginatit on the "Lands of Mount Floridon" which wur describit in detail when affered for sale at auction on 21 September 1814. The notice in the Glasgow Herald describit the estate as consistin o upwairds o 15 acre (6.1 ha), wi a mansion hoose conteenin 2 dwellins an gardens well stockit wi fruit trees.

Contemporar maps frae the 1850s show the auld hoose renamit as "Mount Floridae, (Ruin)". It wis entered frae Prospecthill Road an consistit o twa semi-detached dwellins an surroondin gardens.

Hintle o the present suburb is situatit in the area tae the sooth o the auld hoose. This grund wis pairt o the "Lands of Clincart", which wur put up for sale bi auction on 28 Juin 1836. A fermhoose an 95 acres o laund wur affert for potential residential development.

Freemit airtins

• Mount Floridae – Illustrated Guide Archived 2016-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Mount Florida Community Council Archived 2020-09-28 at the Wayback Machine