Kinning Park (Glasgow)

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Originally a separate Police burgh founded in 1871, it became part of Glasgow in 1905.[1] It was the smallest such burgh in Scotland at just 108 acres. During its 34 year existence the burgh had its own council, elections, coat of arms, provosts, town hall, council chambers, fire brigade, police force, and police court. Govan Burgh to the west survived even longer from 1864-1912 before it too was annexed by the City of Glasgow.From 1850 Kinning Park grew from a rural village to a busy centre mainly inhabited by artisans and labourers. Its principal industries were engineering, bread and biscuit baking, soap-making and paint-making.

Andrew Boa was also involved in the formation of Kinning Park Co-Operative Society[4] in 1871 which flourished up until 1952 opening retail and manufacturing premises in Kinning Park and many other neighbouring districts south of the Clyde.

Kinning Park is now a district in Glasgow situated on the south bank of the Clyde about 1 mile west of the city centre between Kingston and Ibrox/Govan. It is served by Kinning Park subway station which is the closest to the surface of all the stations on the 15 station circle. Nowadays the district is home to many small industrial units, as well as the Scottish versions of News International's UK newspaper titles.
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