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Pollokshields Parish Church
Pollokshields Parish Church is a 19th-century parish church of the Church of Scotland, named after the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Pollokshields Library
Pollokshields Library is in Leslie Street, central Pollokshields, Glasgow. The plans were prepared by Thomas Gilmour under the supervision of City Engineer and Surveyor, Alexander B. McDonald. The library was officially opened on 20 February 1907 by Sir John Stirling Maxwell. The Edwardian Baroque building is protected as a category B listed building.
The area is home to many New Scots, consisting mainly of Sri Lankan, Pakistani and Indian residents. The library holds a good stock of books and magazines in Urdu, as well as English.
Regular events are held at the library, including talks by authors, children's activities and reading challenges.
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Pollokshields East
Pollokshields East was a police burgh in Scotland that had a brief independent existence in the 19th century. The burgh was created within the Govan parish in the county of Renfrewshire in 1880. Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) states that Pollokshields East had a population of 4,360. Along with the neighbouring burgh of Pollokshields, it was officially absorbed into the city of Glasgow in 1891, the two burghs being induced to agree by the promise of taxation concessions. Unlike its neighbour, where development was restricted by feu to residential villas, Pollokshields East was a more working class area with commercial and industrial developments, although the tenements in the district were among the best-appointed in the city. Land use in modern Pollokshields still reflects the different histories of the two former burghs.
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Pollokshields East railway station
Pollokshields East railway station is one of three railway stations serving Pollokshields in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Line.
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Shields railway station
Shields railway station was a railway station in Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland.