Records of the Burgh of Calton

The collection includes: Minutes of the Magistrates and Council.

Calton was the first industrial suburb of the town. From 1791 to 1819/20 the population grew from 11,120 (according to the Barony Parish census) to 15,616 (according to Cleland's census). There had developed two distinct centres of population - the original Old Calton to the west (which was still also known as East Blackfauld) and a New Calton to the east. Calton became a Burgh of Barony in 1817, with its own Burgh Council and at that time the two Caltons were merged as one. Civic buildings were built in what is now Stevenson St, from 1823-1824, and these included a Council Chamber, a Police Office and Bridewell.

The boundaries of Calton were more closely defined during the period when it existed as an independent Burgh. There were nine wards in the burgh, with the whole essentially lying within an enclave of Glasgow's Royalty boundary to the north, south and west. The eastern boundary was the village and lands of Mile-end. Calton's independence was short-lived however, and came to an end with the Glasgow Municipal Extensions Act of 1846 which facilitated Calton's incorporation into Glasgow along with Bridgeton, Dalmarnock, Anderston and Gorbals. With this incorporation came a gradual extension of Calton's boundaries to include areas which were formerly part of Glasgow.

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Glasgow City Archives, T-HB315, Minutes 1841 - 1846