GOVAN  , a municipal and See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh of See also:

• LANARKSHIRE

Lanarkshire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . It lies on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)
• CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792-1863)

Clyde in actual contact with See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, and in a See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of the same name which includes a large See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on both sides of the See also:

• RIVER

river . Pop . (1891) 61,589; (19o1) 76,532 . Govan remained little more than a See also:

• VILLAGE

village till 186o, when the growth of See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding and allied trades gave its development an enormous impetus . Among its public buildings are the municipal See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers, See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, Samaritan hospital and reception houses for the poor . See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

Elder See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park (40 acres) presented to the burgh in 1885 contains a statue of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Elder (1824-1869), the See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer shipbuilder, the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband of the donor . A statue of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• PEARCE, CHARLES SPRAGUE (1851– )

Pearce (1833-1888), another well-known Govan shipbuilder, once M.P. for the burgh; stands at Govan See also:

• CROSS

Cross . The Govan lunacy See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board opened in 1896 an See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum near See also:

• PAISLEY
• PAISLEY, CLAUD HAMILTON, LORD (c. 1543-1622)

Paisley . Govan is supplied with Glasgow See also:

• GAS

gas and See also:

• WATER

water, and its tramways are leased by the Glasgow See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation; but it has an electric See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• INSTALLATION

installation of its own, and performs all other municipal functions quite independently of the city, See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation to which it has always strenuously resisted . See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince's See also:

• DOCK

Dock lies within its See also:

• BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds and the See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building yards have turned out many famous ironclads and liners . Besides shipbuilding its other See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are match-making, See also:

• SILK

silk-See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair-working, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper-working, See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube-making, weaving, and the manufacture of locomotives and See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical apparatus .

The See also:

• TOWN

town forms the greater part of the Govan See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of Lanarkshire, which returns one member to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament .