Editing Gorbals (section)

==Meaning of placename==
The name is first documented in the 15th and 16th centuries as ''Gorbaldis'', and its etymology is unclear. It may be related to the [[Ecclesiastical Latin]] word {{lang|la|garbale}} ('sheaf'), found in the [[Scottish Gaelic]] term {{lang|gd|garbal teind}} ('tenth sheaf'), a [[tithe]] of corn given to a [[rector (ecclesiastical)|parish rector]]. The taking of {{lang|gd|garbal teind}} was a right given to [[George Elphinstone]] in 1616 as part of his 19-year {{lang|sco|tack}} ('lease'). The place name would therefore mean 'the Sheaves'. The name is similar to a [[Scots language|Lowland Scots]] word {{lang|sco|gorbal}} ('unfledged bird'),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/gorbel | title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: Gorbel }}</ref> perhaps a reference to [[leper]]s who were allowed to beg for alms in public.{{fact|date=August 2023}} {{lang|ga|Gort a' bhaile}} ('garden of the town') conforms with certain suggestions made by A.G. Callant in 1888, but other interpretations are also popular.

The village of Gorbals, known once as Bridgend, being at the south end of the bridge over the Clyde towards Glasgow Cross, had been pastoral with some early trading and mining. Thanks to the inventions of [[James Watt]] and others, the Industrial Revolution resulted in a major expansion of Glasgow during the nineteenth century. 

In 1846 the city absorbed Gorbals. It then had a population of some 3,000. Many adults worked in [[cotton-spinning machinery|cotton spinning]] and [[power loom|weaving]] factories, [[ironworks]], and engineering.<ref>''The Third Statistical Account of Scotland : City of Glasgow'', published 1958</ref> Increasingly in the 19th and 20th centuries, the area attracted numerous rural migrants from the surrounding countryside, including the [[Scottish Highlands]], and immigrants from [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Central Europe]], who found jobs to meet the needs of industrial capital.