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1610: The General Assembly approves the restoration of diocesan episcopacy in Scotland. 1611: Glasgow becomes a royal burgh, with a population of about 7600. 1615: The Jesuit John Ogilvy is hanged for saying Mass [22] 1621: Glasgow pays 3%-10% of Scottish customs duties. 1625: The first quay is built at Broomielaw.
Rainfall totals vary widely across Scotland—the western highlands of Scotland are one of the wettest places in the UK with annual rainfall up to 4,577 mm (180.2 in). Due to the mountainous topography of the western Highlands, this type of precipitation is orographic in nature, with the warm, wet air forced to rise on contact with the mountainous coast, where it consequently, cools and ...
Glasgow Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden located in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. It features several glasshouses, the most notable of which is the Kibble Palace. The Gardens has a wide variety of temperate and tropical flora, [1] a herb garden, a chronological bed with plants arranged according to their introduction to Scotland, the ...
City council areas have a higher mortality rate than predominately rural areas. This is especially poignant in Dundee and Glasgow which have the worst drug-misuse mortality rate in the country (two times higher than the national average). In the City of Edinburgh, Drug related deaths have tripled from the 2000-2004 period to 2016-2020.
Fossil Grove. 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.
Dennistoun ( / ˈdɛnɪstən /) is a mostly residential district in Glasgow, Scotland, located north of the River Clyde and in the city's east end, about miles (2 kilometres) east of the city centre. Since 2017 it has formed the core of a Dennistoun ward under Glasgow City Council, having previously been a component of the East Centre ward .
Hospitals in Scotland. The Glasgow Royal Infirmary ( GRI) is a large teaching hospital. With a capacity of around 1,000 beds, the hospital campus covers an area of around 8 hectares (20 acres), and straddles the Townhead and Dennistoun districts on the north-eastern fringe of the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland.
