Mansewood

Coordinates: 55°48′58″N 4°18′05″W / 55.816192°N 4.301314°W / 55.816192; -4.301314

Mansewood (Scots: Mansewid) is a residential district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is surrounded by the districts of Hillpark, Pollokshaws and Thornliebank in Glasgow and Giffnock in East Renfrewshire.

Geography

Mansewood is located on the summit and slopes of a boulder clay Drumlin lying approximately NE to SW and rises approximately 63m (207 feet) above sea level.

History

Mansewood was originally Church or 'Glebe' land belonging to nearby Eastwood Parish Church. The name is dervived from 'Manse' (the ministers home) and 'Wood' referring to the trees which grew in the area.

In 1871, the Reverend George Campbell, Minister of Eastwood Parish, submitted an application to feu the land to developers. This was the catalyst for the building of houses.

First houses

The first houses in Mansewood were constructed from 1880 onwards from blonde sandstone in plots located in the triangle formed by Statute Labour Road (Now Mansewood Road), Bemersyde Avenue and Turnpike Road, leading from Glasgow by Pollokshaws to Stewarton (Now Thornliebank Road). The original residents were employed in a wide variety of trades such as wine merchant, bleach works manager, ship owner, fancy box maker and Minister.