Bellgrove Cattle Market

Location type

Place

Name and dates

Bellgrove Cattle Market

Opened on the Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway).

Description

The Glasgow cattle market moved to Bellgrove in 1817. The market was rebuilt several times and this market dates from around the 1870s.

The sheds are out of use, partly demolished and partly listed.

The main market was in the east with an abattoir to the north west and meat market to the south west.

Bellgrove station was to the east, the lines passing under the market. There were two sets of rail served cattle pens at the station, one to east of the station on the north side of the lines and one to the south of the station.

Other locations had rail served cattle pens, the cattle being driven through the streets to the market.

Closure was around the late 1960s and the site was used for car auctions for some years.

Tags

Cattle market

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
09/11/2019

Nearby stations
Bellgrove
Gallowgate Central
Glasgow Green
High Street
Gallowgate
Bridgeton [2nd]
College [1st]
Bridgeton
Duke Street
Glasgow Cross
Alexandra Parade
Dunlop Street
Argyle Street
London Road [Glasgow]
Glasgow (Townhead)
Bellgrove Tunnel
Bellgrove Independent Tunnel
Bellgrove Cattle Bank South
High Street Junction
Bridgeton Cross South Junction
Gallowgate Tunnel
Wellpark Brewery
Bellgrove Cattle Bank North
Bridgeton Cross Tunnel
Barracks Mineral Yard
St Johns Coal Depot
College North Junction
Barrack Street Tunnel
Star Engine Works
Tourist/other
High Street Goods Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Tankodrome


Tanks were based in this market in 1919 around the time of 'The Battle of George Square'. This deployment was the first such use of tanks to control a civilian population. The market became the 'tankodrome'.


Chronology Dates

  /07/1967Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway)
Bellgrove closed to cattle traffic. The Glasgow's Bellgrove Cattle Market was located by the station.

News items

29/09/2021Councillors hear of development progress at Glasgow's historic Meat Market site [Scottish Housing News]