Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Langside

Langside.-- S. suburb of Glasgow, in Cathcart par., Renfrewshire. pop. (including Mount Florida, Strathbungo, &c.), 6023; in the battle of Langside (1568), the troops of Mary Queen of Scots were defeated by those of the Regent Murray.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "S. suburb"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cathcart ScoP       Renfrewshire ScoCnty
Place: Langside

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