Maillie's Land, Gateside
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Photograph of cottagers/workers housing at Maillie's Land at Gateside
Title:
Maillie's Land, Gateside
Reference number:
1540
Level of description:
Item
Type of materials:
IMG
Source:
Oversize
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
UnrestrictedCopyright:
General notes:
Gateside had a large mill, a bleachfield and two calico printworks. By the mid-nineteenth century over 650 people were crammed into the area, many of them of Irish origin. A public house was on the ground floor of Maillie's Land.From Barrhead Museum Collection
Language:
English
Record number:
9262389