Place:St. Rollox, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Name	St. Rollox
Type	Registration district
Coordinates	55.8783°N 4.2551°W
Located in	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (1854 - 1975)
See also	Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	parish in which St. Rollox was located before 1854
	City of Glasgow, Scotland	unitary authority post 1975

St. Rollox existed from 1875 to 1906 as Registration District 644/06. It then became 644/08 with expanded boundaries from 1907 to 1934. The location of all Glasgow's registration districts from this time are shown in the 1874 Registration Districts in Glasgow. It was also a parliamentary constituency from 1885 to 1950. See the burgh of St. Rollox

The valuation maps from the Glasgow Story website show St. Rollox in Ward 8. Prior to Barony being absorbed into Glasgow in 1854, St. Rollox was in the Parish of Barony.

St. Rollox was a highly industrial area. The article on its neighbour, Springburn, mentions some of the industries it contained.

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