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Ladywell Street. The name originates from a well, which is in a niche in the wall on the north side of the street, which is bounded by the Necropolis; and it having contaminated the water, the well, which is in the form of an urn, was closed some years since.
Lambhill Street (Plantation) was so called out of compliment to the late William Graham of Lambhill, he having been one of the trustees of Mr. Maclean, proprietor of the estate.
Lancefield Street was formed on the lands of this name, which were acquired early in the last century by David Napier, the father of iron shipbuilding and marine engineering on the Clyde.
Landressy Street should be Landres Street, after a small village in France, from whence came one of the Turkey-red operatives, who built the first house in this street. It was the division between the lands of Burn Nook and Silver Grove.
Langside is rich in historic names. Battlefield and Battlefield Road are there to commemorate the struggle which quenched in blood the hopes of Scotland's beauteous but unfortunate Queen. The memory of her secretary, Maitland of Lethington, is revived in Maitland and Lethington Avenues, and that of Lord Claud Hamilton, the commander of her forces on that inauspicious day, in Hamilton Avenue. The four Maries, as the old song runs—
There was Marie Beaton,
And Marie Seyton,
And Marie Carmichael and me
—are each brought to mind in Beaton Road, Seyton Avenue, Carmichael Road, and Queen Mary Terrace, with Queen Mary Avenue in Crossbill.
Laurieston. This is a district on the south side of the river, which was feued from the trustees of Hutchesons' Hospital about the beginning of last century by James Laurie, son of David Laurie, timber merchant, Jamaica Street. It was bounded on the west by Bridge Street and Eglinton Street, on the east by
