Shettleston

The origin of the name 'Shettleston' is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a multitude of spellings. A papal bull of 1179 refers to "villam filie Sedin" - the residence of Sedin's son or daughter.[3] A Gaelic derivation suggests "the daughter of Seadna".[4] Johnston (1892) observes that shuttle in Old English means a scuttle, whilst scutel means 'dish'.[5]

Like several of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge, lying within Lanarkshire. Today Shettleston - the heart of a local authority ward of the same name - lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the city centre. Informally, it incorporates the neighbourhoods of Budhill, and Greenfield immediately to the north, although they fall within another Scottish Parliament constituency and Glasgow City Council ward; however, the Sandyhills neighbourhood to the south-east has the same administration as Shettleston in all respects. The area is well served by public transport, lying on the A89 road.

The Palaceum Bar, Shettleston in 2004.

Housing in Kenmore Street, Shettleston in 2004.

Shettleston railway station on the North Clyde line of the Abellio ScotRail local railway network provides a direct link to Glasgow Queen Street. It once was linked to Hamilton by the North British Railway, but this line has long since been closed.

In the early years of the 21st century, Shettleston was identified as the only place in the United Kingdom where life expectancy was falling.[6] The reasons for the decline included poor diet and remarkably high smoking rates. Neighbouring Easterhouse does not fare much better.

Shettleston was badly affected by the 2002 Glasgow floods.[7][8]

Shettleston has a number of churches of all denominations, St Paul's (RC), Shettleston Baptist Church, St Serf's Episcopal Church, Shettleston Trinity Church, Shettleston New Church of Scotland (formerly Eastbank Parish Church), Romanian Orthodox Church in Shettleston Old Parish Church Halls, the Shettleston Old Church Halls was home to a number of community groups, including the 94th Glasgow (1st Shettleston) Company of the Boys' Brigade, founded in 1893. The church closed and parishioners were amalgamated with the Church of Scotland in Tollcross, due to building falling into disrepair in 2016 and as of 2017, is currently up for sale. In 2018 the 94th Glasgow Boys' Brigade moved base to Shettleston New Church near Aldi and Tesco on Old Shettleston Road/Annick Street.

Shettleston F.C. is the local Football Club, having been founded in 1903.

• 1089 (7th Glasgow) Squadron, Air Training Corps.
• 'E' Platoon (Royal Highland Fusiliers), 'Normandy' Company, Glasgow & Lanarkshire Battalion, Army Cadet Force. (Colloquially known as the 'Beardmore Cadets').

Both units have their headquarters in Killin Street, Shettleston.[9][10]

• Junior Campbell, pop musician with 1960s band 'The Marmalade', and composer of the music for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
• Stephen Fullarton (1919-2008), International Brigades paramilitary soldier in the Spanish Civil War.[11]
• Janey Godley, comedian.[12]
• Cliff Hanley (1922-1999), wrote the lyrics of Scotland's anthem Scotland the Brave.
• Peter McAleese (1942-), British Army and Rhodesian Army/South African Defence Force soldier.[13]
• Archie Macpherson Sports journalist/football commentator.[14]
• Alistair MacLean (1922-1987), 20th century novelist.[15]
• James Beaumont Neilson (1792-1865), engineer, created hot blast iron smelting.[16]
• Charles Wilson, former editor of The Times.

Media related to Shettleston at Wikimedia Commons

• Shettleston - 1770s to 1830s at The Glasgow Story
• Shettleston - 1950s to The Present Day at The Glasgow Story