Barony Parish

• Reference:GB 243 D-HEW2
• Dates of Creation:1844 - 1907
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  91 volumes

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Barony Parochial Board was formed under the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c.83). It was the largest and most populous civil parish in Scotland, lying to the north and east of the city centre and extending well beyond the city limits. It constructed a poorhouse at Barnhill in Springburn (opened 1853) and a mental asylum at Woodilee in Lenzie (opened 1875). In 1894 the board was replaced by an elected parish council (Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894, 57 & 58 Vict., c.58), but was united with the City of Glasgow Parish Council only four years later, to form Glasgow Parish Council.

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  For Children's Committee of Barony Parochial Board see D-CH

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  Note: For Children's Committee of Barony Parochial Board, see D/CH.