PARTICK, a quoad sacra parish (for a time), in the
parish of Govan, Lower ward of the county of Lanark;
containing 3628 inhabitants. This place was separated
under an act of the General Assembly from the parish of
Govan, and erected into a distinct ecclesiastical district.
It is a romantic suburb of Glasgow, about two miles
west-north-west of the city, and is the seat of several
public works. Within its limits are the flour-mills and
granaries belonging to the incorporation of bakers, the
lands attached to which they received as a grant from
the regent Murray, after the battle of Langside, as a reward
for having liberally supplied his army with bread
while quartered in the neighbourhood. The village of
Partick extends into Barony parish, and contains, in the
whole, 2747 inhabitants; it is seated on the banks of
the Kelvin, and a short distance northward of the river
Clyde. The lands adjacent to it were given by David I.
to the see of Glasgow; and the Hutchesons, founders of
the hospital in Glasgow which bears their name, possessed
a mansion in the village that hadat one time been
the country residence of the archbishops of Glasgow.
Partick is in the presbytery of Glasgow and synod of
Glasgow and Ayr: the stipend of the minister is £130,
arising from seat-rents and collections; the church contains
.516 sittings, and the patronage is in the subscribers
and managers. There are places of worship for the
United Presbyterian Synod and the Free Church.