. The gazetteer of Scotland. [With plates and maps.]. hascertainly seen fulfilled to a most unlooked-forextent. If the origin of Glasgow be attribut-ed to the period of its rise under St. Mungo,it will appear that the town became known atthe end of the sixth century, an epoch almostcoeval with that of the commencement of thecity of Edinburgh. For many ages, Glasgow continued to belittle else than the seat of a religious esta-blishment, with the necessary secular hamlet toaid in its subsistence, and its advance wasdoubtless retarded by the disasters of the Cum-brian kingdom of Strathclyde. At a
. The gazetteer of Scotland. [With plates and maps.]. hascertainly seen fulfilled to a most unlooked-forextent. If the origin of Glasgow be attribut-ed to the period of its rise under St. Mungo,it will appear that the town became known atthe end of the sixth century, an epoch almostcoeval with that of the commencement of thecity of Edinburgh. For many ages, Glasgow continued to belittle else than the seat of a religious esta-blishment, with the necessary secular hamlet toaid in its subsistence, and its advance wasdoubtless retarded by the disasters of the Cum-brian kingdom of Strathclyde. At an earlyperiod, the town was constituted an authorita-tive episcopal see, with a very extensive dio-cese, which comprehended the whole of Dum-fries-shire, the eastern part of Galloway, lyingbetween the Nith and Urr, all Roxburghshire,except a small part on the north of the Tweed,the whole of the shires of Selkirk, Peebles,Lanark, Ayr, Renfrew, Dumbarton, and morethan half of Stirlingshire. It was dividedinto two archdeaconries, namely, that of Glas-. <s3 fr C=3 Ph19 & B O GLASGOW. m gow and Tiviotdale. In addition to the dean-ery of the cathedral church and chapter, thebishopric was divided into ten deaneries, con-taining 255 parishes. The cathedral was dedicated to St. Mungo,who, it may well be conjectured, was consti-tuted the patron saint of the town. From thedeath of this personage till the year 1115, aperiod of five hundred years, embracing thewhole existence of the Culdean system of wor-ship, the history of the episcopate of Glasgowis a total blank. It would appear, that sometime prior to 1115, there was no bishop in thediocese, and that the church was in a lamenta-ble condition. From this state it was happilyrescued by David, Earl of Cumberland, thebrother of Alexander I. This prince restoredthe see of Glasgow, and appointed his ownchaplain, a learned and travelled man, tothe vacant episcopal chair. David, who wassubsequently king, under the title of DavidI., was a ben
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