Jenny Lind, Glasgow

Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
	Loganswell Road entrance to Jenny Lind from the A727 with the Loganswell phase of Deaconsbank in the background
	Jenny Lind Location within Glasgow
OS grid reference	NS543587
Council area	Glasgow;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G46
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Glasgow South West;
Scottish Parliament	Glasgow Pollok;
	List of places UK Scotland Glasgow 55°48′03″N 4°19′36″W / 55.800799°N 4.326789°W

Jenny Lind is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde and adjoins Deaconsbank. It was extended in the 21st century by the addition of Jenny Lind Court.^[1] Jenny Lind falls into the Glasgow City Council Greater Pollok ward ^[2] and borders on the East Renfrewshire council region.^{[citation needed]}

Historical

The original housing in the area, constructed in the late 1930s by The Corporation of the City of Glasgow, is named after the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind^[3] apparently due to there having been an inn on the site at one point which had renamed itself in the singer's honour after she stayed there.

Before housing was constructed in the area the land was used primarily for farming and was part of the Maxwell family's Pollok Estate. An area of land which is located between present day Deaconsbank and Jenny Lind is featured in a painting titled "The Clogholes" painted in 1830 by an unknown artist working for the Maxwells hangs in Pollok House the ancestral home of the family. In the painting a farmstead is shown featuring grazing cattle and ruined farm buildings.^[4]

Transport

Road: A727, M77 motorway Junction 3, B769 road.

Railway: Patterton railway station.

First Bus Services to Deaconsbank:

10, 29, 57

References

^ "Jenny Lind Court, Glasgow", RobertsonFrame.com, 2011, accessed 28 September 2016
^ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8EA12881-BDC3-4E39-8B7F-90E96B70AAE0/0/great_pollok_ahp_plan.pdf ^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-facts1.html
^ 'The Clogholes'

External links

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[1] "Jenny Lind Court, Glasgow", RobertsonFrame.com, 2011, accessed 28 September 2016

[2] ttp://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8EA12881-BDC3-4E39-8B7F-90E96B70AAE0/0/great_pollok_ahp_plan.pdf ^{[dead link]}

[3] ttp://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-facts1.html

[4] 'The Clogholes'

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