SHETTLESTON, a district, in the parish of Barony,
and within the jurisdiction of the city of Glasgow,
county of Lanark; containing 72^0 inhabitants, of
whom 1543 are in the village of Shettleston, 3 miles (E.)
from Glasgow. This district is about four miles in
length and three miles in average breadth, and comprises
nearly 3800 acres. The surface is varied, the soil
generally fertile, and the lands in profitable cultivation.
For the most part the substratum is coal, of which numerous
mines are in active operation; there are also
quarries of good sandstone: fossils of fish, and of trees
and vegetable substances, are frequently found in the
coal beds. The Monkland canal passes through the
northern part of the district, affording facility for conveying
the produce of the collieries to Glasgow and other
places. The village is situated on the road to Edinburgh,
and the most important work carried on in it is a very
extensive engineering establishment, from which steamboilers,
agricultural implements, &e., are sent to all
quarters of the world. This work has been in the hands
of the Law family for three generations, having been
commenced by the present Mr. Law's grandfather; and
the articles manufactured are of so superior a description,
as to have frequently obtained premiums at the
agricultural shows in Scotland, England, and Ireland.
There are other villages in the district, namely, Tolleross,
Sandyhills, Westmuir, Parkhead, Lightburn, &c., inhabited
by persons mostly employed in agriculture, in
the mines, and in hand-loom weaving. The village of
Tolleross owes its origin to the Clyde iron-works, in its
immediate vicinity. Tolleross House, an ancient mansion,
was built about the middle of the seventeenth century;
and of the several other mansions the chief are
Ciarteraig, Easterhill, Dolbeth, and Sandyhills. Shettleston
church, built by subscri[)tion of the landholders,
in 175'2, is a neat structure containing 911 sittings: it
is in the presbytery of (Tlasgow, synod of (Glasgow and
Ayr, and the minister is appointed by the Crown. The
members of the Free Church have a place of worship;
and in the village of Tolleross is one for members of the
United Presbyterian Church. There are two parochial
schools. The late Captain Robert Tennent bequeathed
£460, the interest of which is distributed among the
poor.