Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: Glasgow Cathedral
Quote:
David Daiches – Glasgow (1977)
Chapter 1
From Legend into History
“Those who know Glasgow today might be surprised to learn that its history begins in sanctity. The first clear historical fact about the city is the appointment and consecration of Bishop John Achaius to the see of Glasgow in 1114-18. Bishop John began the construction of Glasgow Cathedral about 1124 and the building, of stone and wood was consecrated on 7 July 1136 in the presence of King David I, that ‘sair sanct for the Crown’ who helped to impoverish later Scottish kings by his lavish grants to the Church. The Cathedral was built by the Molendinar burn, which rose in Hogganfield Loch and flowed south-west into the Clyde, before the Victoriana made it into an underground sewer: the site was considered especially holy for there St Mungo was supposed to have built his original wooden church. St Mungo (Celtic ‘my dear one’) was the affectionate name given to St Kentigern: he is Glasgow’s patron saint and he and the legends associated with him figure prominently on the city’s coat of arms. The story of his life that has come down to us, narrated by the late twelfth- century Jocelin, a monk of Furness, is almost pure legend, but the earlier chronicle known as the Annales Cambriae records the death of ‘Conthigirnus’ as having occurred in the year 612, and this we may accept.”
The route once taken by the Molendinar Burn now Wishart Street.
Quote:
Jack House – The Heart of Glasgow (1965)
Chapter 2
The Beginning of Glasgow
“The Molendinar of course, was the beautiful burn at the foot of the glen. The grey rock was later called the Fir Park.”
“St Mungo established is monastery on the green hill overlooking the Molendinar Burn.”
Jack House book The Heart of Glasgow ...just finished it....excellent. What would have been good is if there was a wee map of the route he took you, with points marked on it. I will have to read it again to make sure i got all the wee bits of info I might have missed
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If Alex isnt suitably embarassed by that then I am for him.
