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Walk Glasgow in 1650

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Step Into History · City walk

Cathedral‑town Glasgow, 1650

Glasgow in 1650 is a compact medieval bishopric clustered around the stone mass of the cathedral and the High Street collegiate precinct. The walk threads riverside quays, crowded market streets, the tolbooth and college approaches, and the bishop's castle before rising to a broad hilltop view over the Clyde and surrounding farmland.

34 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Glasgow as it stood in 1650 (“History of Glasgow”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. River Clyde (approach)
  2. 2. Saltmarket Quay
  3. ↳ Fishmongers' Salt Cellar · interior
  4. 3. Glasgow Green
  5. 4. Bridgegate
  6. 5. Saltmarket
  7. ↳ Meatmarket Great Hall · interior
  8. 6. Candleriggs
  9. ↳ Linen Dyers' Workshop · interior
  10. 7. Trongate
  11. 8. Mercat Cross
  12. 9. Glasgow Tolbooth
  13. ↳ Burgh Council Chamber · interior
  14. ↳ Tolbooth Prison Vaults · interior
  15. 10. High Street (north)
  16. ↳ Arcaded Inner Court · interior
  17. 11. College Wynd
  18. ↳ Tutor's Private Study · interior
  19. 12. Old College (precinct)
  20. ↳ Scholars' Hall · interior
  21. 13. Bishop's Castle
  22. ↳ Bishop's Great Hall · interior
  23. 14. Cathedral Close
  24. 15. Glasgow Cathedral
  25. ↳ Choir Stall and Quire · interior
  26. ↳ Laigh Parish Crypt · interior
  27. 16. Laigh Parish Yard
  28. 17. Molendinar Burn and Mills
  29. ↳ Miller's Wheelroom and Store · interior
  30. 18. Rottenrow
  31. 19. Gallowgate
  32. 20. Merchant Booths (Trongate)
  33. ↳ Merchant's Booth Interior · interior
  34. 21. Cathedral Hill View