TOLLCROSS, a village, in the former quoad sacra
parish of Shettleston, parish of Barony, suburbs of
the city of Glasgow, and county of Lanark, 2 miles
(E. by S.) from Glasgow; containing I767 inhabitants.
This populous and prosperous village owes its origin to
the establishment of the Clyde iron-works, in the immediate
vicinity; at which, and also in the neighbouring
collieries, its population for the most part is employed.
Some of the inhabitants are engaged in other manufactures
of the district, principally hand-loom weaving.
The road from Holytown to Glasgow passes through.
Tollcross House, the property of the Misses Dunlop, is
a handsome mansion, built about the middle of the
seventeenth century, and subsequently enlarged and improved.