Kirk Street, Glasgow 1880's .

[skippy]

Does anyone know if there were 2 Kirk Streets in Glasgow in the 1880's.
My ancestors lived in Kirk Street , Calton in the 1880's but when I googled Kirk street it shows one in the Gorbals district as well.

[RJ_Paton]

There were two ..
Kirk Street in the  Calton ran from Main Street (later changed to Well Street) to Green Street _ Green Street still exists today but there is no trace of Well Street.
(Kirk Street in the Gorbals ran from Main Street -later renamed Gorbals Street- to Buchan Street)

[skippy]

Thanks very much Falkyrn.

[RJ_Paton]

Just re checked, Kirk Street was also renamed and became part of Stevenson Street, it is the section of Stevenson Street that runs from Green Street to Claythorn Park in the modern maps.

[manda_mcd]

A family of my Ancestors were living at  76 1/2 Kirk St Back Land
at the time of the census 1901  the rest of the census district info is as follows
Registration Number   644/4
Registration district   Calton
Civil parish                Glasgow St Luke
County                    Lanarkshire

this image is dated around that time and may give you an idea of the conditions

[kiwihalfpint]

Thanks for posting the picture MCD, gives me an idea of what the conditions looked like, as one of my ancestors lived in one in the 1840/50's, not Kirk Street though, but a Back Land in Glasgow.


Cheers
KHP

[Skoosh]

Great pic' MCD, shows the kind of housing, with fore-stairs, in the east end of Glasgow which were swept away & replaced by the tenements. Wonder if that's the factor collecting the rent? 

Skoosh.

[RJ_Paton]

It is a good picture but paints a very different one from others of the period. There is an impression of space which was unusual in the Backs and Vennels of the City, the walls are all painted white (or light coloured) instead of being blackened by soot and to cap it all (no pun intended) isn't everybody very well dressed.

[manda_mcd]

http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=12002&r=2&t=4&x=1

Another from the Mitchell library online  said to be Kirk street also

http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=10935&r=2&t=4&x=1