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  2. Victoria Park, Glasgow - Wikipedia

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    Victoria Park is a 20-hectare (50-acre) [1] park located in the west of Glasgow, Scotland, adjacent to the districts of Scotstoun, Whiteinch, Jordanhill and Broomhill. The park was created and named for Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1887. The main entrances to the park are from Westland Drive, Victoria Park Drive North, and Balshagray Avenue.

  3. Timeline of Glasgow history - Wikipedia

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    1814: Glasgow Green is Europe's first public park; 1815: The Glasgow Herald is published twice-weekly; 1817: Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow founded by Thomas Hopkirk and others to establish a Glasgow Botanic Garden [36] 1818: Gas street lights begin to be used in the city [37] 1820: "Radical War" [38]

  4. History of Glasgow - Wikipedia

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    The history of Glasgow: from the earliest period to the present time (1881) 547 pages online edition; Massie, Allan. Glasgow: A History (1989), short scholarly history; Mayer, Irene. Glasgow (1999), heavily illustrated history by scholar; Slaven, Anthony. Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography, 1860-1960 (3 vol. 1986–1990)

  5. Fossil Grove - Wikipedia

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    The Fossil Grove is a group of plant fossils located within Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland. It was discovered in 1887 and contains the fossilised stumps and the stigmarian system of eleven extinct Lepidodendron lycopsids, [1] which are sometimes described as "giant club mosses" but are more closely related to quillworts. The Fossil Grove is ...

  6. Geology of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Fossil Grove in Victoria Park, Glasgow contains the ... Glasgow in 1859. His 1864 ... Its discovery in the 1880s was a milestone in the history of geology as it was ...

  7. Victoria Park (ward) - Wikipedia

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    Victoria Park (Ward 12) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] Created as Partick West in 2007 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system; [ 3 ] the boundaries were unchanged in 2012.

  8. Scotstoun - Wikipedia

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    Scotstoun (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Sgotaich) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre.It is bounded by Garscadden and Yoker to the west, Victoria Park, Jordanhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde (and Braehead beyond) to the south.

  9. Category:Parks and commons in Glasgow - Wikipedia

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    View history; General What links here; Related changes; Upload file; ... Victoria Park, Glasgow This page was last edited on 24 October 2021, at 09:57 (UTC). ...