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See also:PARTICK (formerly Perdyc or Perthick)
, a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of the See also:parish of See also:Govan, See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland
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Pop
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(1891), 36,538; (1901), 54,298
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It lies on the See also:north See also:bank of the See also:Clyde, and is continuous with See also:Glasgow, from which it is separated by the See also:Kelvin, and of which it is a large and wealthy residential suburb
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See also:Shipbuilding yards are situated in the burgh, which has also See also:industries of See also:paper-staining, See also:flour-milling, See also:hydraulic-See also:machine making, weighing-machine making, See also:brass-See also:founding and galvanizing
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The tradition is that the flour-See also:mills and See also:granaries —the Bunhouse Mills—as they are called locally, were given by the See also:Regent See also:Moray to the bakers of Glasgow for their public spirit in supplying his See also:army with See also:bread at the See also:battle of Langside in 1568
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