WOODSIDE-NORTH, a village, in the former ecclesiastical
district of St-Stephen's, parish of Barony,
county of Lanark. This is a considerable and populous
village, situated in the western part of the parish,
near the borders of that of Govan, and distant from
Glasgow, which lies eastward, about a mile. Its inhabitants
are partly employed in the neighbouring factories,
and in hand-loom weaving for the Glasgow manufacturers.
A chapel of ease was supported here, many
years since, by Mr. William Gillespie, the proprietor of a
cotton-mill; by whom, also, a school was maintained
for the instruction of the children of his workpeople.