BEARGER 1,830 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 https://mobile.twitter.com/davefergi/status/1148313365934010368 Seen a couple of vans with Ibrox Park on them driving around in Brisbane’s bay side. Thought it was maybe a supporters business. Didn’t realise it’s the descendants of the old owners of Ibrox farm who sold the land to Rangers to build Ibrox. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BEARGER 1,830 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) In 1840 most of the Govan area was farmland and the country estates and houses of the better off. From the east, estates and mansions identified on old maps were Plantation, Mavisbank and Haughhead, Cessnock, Miln Park, Craigiehall, Broomloan, Moorepark, Hillock House (named after the nearby Doomster Hill), and Merrylands. Beyond the parish church there were Teucharhill, Craigton, Cardonell, Bern/know, Greenfield, Fairfield, Merryflats, Linthouse, Greenhead, and Shieldhall. Farms were Whitefield, Ibrox, Broomloan, Craigton, Greenside, Langlands, Drumoyne East, Mid Drumoyne and West Drumoyne, Holmfauldhead, Moss, and Hardga The writer remembers seeing the buildings of West Drumoyne, Shieldhall and Hardgate farms in the 1930s. The latter farm stood in Renfrew Road opposite the SCWS complex of factories. Shieldhall Farm occupied the land between Hardgate Road and the Southern General Hospital, and behind the Clyde Sawmill & Wood Storage Go's yard. Holmfauldhead Farm buildings survived in Elder Park until the late 1990s by being used for the storage of Glasgow City Council Parks Department equ Edited July 8, 2019 by BEARGER 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briton 314 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) Apparently the route for Ibrox comes from the old name for badgers; brock. Edited July 9, 2019 by Briton 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMc 2,801 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) I love stories like this. Certainly the area where Ibrox Stadium now sits wasn't developed by the late 1870s although Copland Road and Broomloan Road were both developed and linking Govan Road with Paisley Road by then, and the Ibrox Railway Station was open. We moved to the area in 1887 and our ground appears on the ordnance survey map of 1889. I love grounds that are located in the middle of towns and cities. Surrounded by houses and businesses, genuinely part of their local community. I dislike the newer grounds that have been built in the last 30 or so years on the outskirts of towns. I understand why and I accept they've some benefits in terms of access, parking and so on, but they're soulless places pushed to the periphery. Ibrox, for me, is the perfect stadium. A mix of the old and new located in a city surrounded by people, homes, roads and businesses. I know The Hummell Training centre is an impressive facility but it's location isn't, it's miles from our home and overlooking hills and farms instead of the places our support live and work. I'd prefer the Albion was still used, but I accept why that's not practical. So it's all more ironic, when you look at the old maps, you realise that Ibrox was that 'edge of the town, middle of nowhere' stadium at first. The city built around the ground, not the other way around. I guess land was cheaper and more available, much like now, the further out you went. We were the McDiarmid Park or the Falkirk Stadium of our day. The other thing we often overlook is Govan was a totally separate town when we first moved there. At the turn of the century Govan was one of the largest towns in Scotland, but it was separate from Glasgow in the same way Paisley is today. I wonder how we'd all react if the club announced it was moving to a new stadium, outside of the city at the edge of the green belt. Edited July 9, 2019 by JohnMc 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,830 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 56 minutes ago, Briton said: Apparently the route for Ibrox comes from the old name for badgers; brock. Ibrox – Ath Bruic – meaning ‘the badger’s ford’ Ibrox (/ˈaɪbrɒks/; Scottish Gaelic: Àth Bruic, lit. 'badger ford', pronounced [aːʰ ˈpɾɯʰkʲ]) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former Burgh of Govan.[1] 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 I love stroking a badger. I am going to call it Ibrox from now on.?? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotjo 19 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 47 minutes ago, BEARGER said: Ibrox – Ath Bruic – meaning ‘the badger’s ford’ Ibrox (/ˈaɪbrɒks/; Scottish Gaelic: Àth Bruic, lit. 'badger ford', pronounced [aːʰ ˈpɾɯʰkʲ]) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former Burgh of Govan.[1] Fort. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,830 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 23 minutes ago, scotjo said: 1Fort. Not a expert on Scottish Gaelic but would think Ford is more likely. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,183 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Oh damn it so weve all been wrong all these years then its us that play at the piggery ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, compo said: Oh damn it so weve all been wrong all these years then its us that play at the piggery ? Nah it was a stud farm. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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