Gouan

Gouan
Scots Gaelic: *Baile a' Ghobhainn*
Inglis: *Govan*
Gouan Scots Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn; Inglis: Govan;
	; Govan Burgh Hall
	Gouan Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NS555655
• Edinburgh	45 mi (72 km) E
• Lunnon	346 mi (557 km) SSE
Cooncil area	Glesga City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glesga;
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	GLASGOW
Postcode destrict	G51
Diallin code	0141
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Glesga South Wast;
Scots Pairlament	Glesga Pollok;
	Leet o places UK Scotland 55°51′41″N 4°18′30″W / 55.8615°N 4.3083°WCoordinates: 55°51′41″N 4°18′30″W / 55.8615°N 4.3083°W

Gouan (/ˈɡʌvən/ GUV-ən;Inglis: Govan, Scots Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a destrict an umwhile burgh nou pairt o soothwast Glesga, Scotland. It is 2.5 mile (4.0 km) bewast Glesga ceety centre, on the sooth bank o the Clyde, fornent the mooth o the Kelvin an the destrict o Pairtick.

By a medieval legend's wey o it, Constantine, a 7t-centurie CE Keeng o Strathclyde, foondit a monastery unner the rule o Columbanus in Govan. In the Middle Ages, Govan wis the steid o a ferry that linkit the area wi Pairtick for seasonal cattle drovers. In the 1800s an 1900s, textile mills an coal minin wis important; in the early 1900s shipbiggin emerged as Govan's heid industrie. In 1864, Govan gained burgh status, an wis Scotland's fift lairgest burgh. It wis incorporatit intae the ciety o Glesgae in 1912.^[1] Houanivver, the fowk o Govan aften proclaims tae be Govanites first an Glesga fowk seicont an whan spiert "Are you frae Glesga?", replys wi "Naw, A cum fae Govan" yet.^[2]

Notes

↑ Reevel Alderson (7 August 2012). "How Glasgow annexed Govan and Partick 100 years ago". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
↑ acumfaegovan Archived 2014-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Acumfaegovan.

References

"Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3) Schedule 2 Shipbuilding Industry". UK Statute Law Database. 1977. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2007.

Freemit airtins

Govan Community Council Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
Govan Architecture and History Archived 2015-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
Get into Govan
Govan, the Place and the People
Fairfield Heritage Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
Govan Maps 1857-1934, National Library of Scotland Archived 2014-04-18 at the Wayback Machine

[govanandpartick-1] Reevel Alderson (7 August 2012). "How Glasgow annexed Govan and Partick 100 years ago". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

[acumfaegovan-2] umfaegovan Archived 2014-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Acumfaegovan.

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