In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Pollokshields East like this:
Pollokshields East, police burgh, Govan par., Renfrewshire, in SW. suburbs of Glasgow, pop. 4360; Pollokshields East was made a police burgh in 1880.
The location is that of Pollokshields East station.
Pollokshields East through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Pollokshields East has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Glasgow. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Pollokshields East and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pollokshields East, in Glasgow and Renfrewshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21712
Date accessed: 18th May 2013
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