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Tolbooth Steeple, Glasgow, United Kingdom : Reviews of Tolbooth Steeple - Yahoo! Travel
This was the 17th century equivalent of the City Chambers . The building, finished in 1627, marked the arrival of the merchant classes to the ci...
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Tolbooth Steeple Guide - Yahoo! Travel Guide UK
. The building, finished in 1627, marked the arrival of the merchant classes to the city and housed the town clerk's office, council hall and city prison. The Debtors Prison had a stream of inmates who elected their own provost and generally ran the place themselves. Witches, thieves and murderers w...
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Glasgow Photo Library - Tolbooth Steeple
Glagow Cross used to be regarded as the centre of the city (a role now taken over by George Square, to the north-west, once the first railroad terminus had been built at Queen Street). Towering over the area wa the Tolbooth - a kind of combined town hall and prison (so called because it was original...
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The Scotland Guide: Glasgow: Tolbooth Steeple
, which provided accommodation for the Town Clerk`s office, the council hall and the city prison. The debtors` prison had a steady stream of inmates who elected their own `provost` and generally ran the place like an exclusive club. They produced their own regulations, including one from 1789 which ...
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TheGlasgowStory: Tolbooth Steeple
The seven storey tower was erected 1625-1627. The Tolbooth itself (visible on the left) was rebuilt in 1814 and demolished in 1921. The Tolbooth Steeple now stands in splendid isolation at the...
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