Bellgrove Cattle Market
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Bellgrove Cattle MarketOpened 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 marketExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS 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. | |
TankodromeTanks 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
| /07/1967 | Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) Bellgrove closed to cattle traffic. The Glasgow's Bellgrove Cattle Market was located by the station. |
News items
| 29/09/2021 | Councillors hear of development progress at Glasgow's historic Meat Market site [Scottish Housing News] |
