Tollcross Park
Tollcross may refer to the following places: *Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland **Tollcross Primary School **Tollcross United F.C. a former football club *Tollcross, Glasgow, Scotland **Tollcross railway station (closed) **Tollcross International Swimming Centre See also

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Tollcross, Edinburgh
Tollcross ( gd, Toll na Croise) is a major road junction to the south west of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland which takes its name from a local historical land area. It lies between the more affluent area of Bruntsfield and the Grassmarket. Origin of the name The earliest reference to Tollcross dates from 1439 with ''Tolcors'' being the typical early form with the ''cors'' ending continuing in use to the late 18th century. ''Towcroce'' and ''Tolcroce'' appear in the early 16th century. Stuart Harris has pointed out that there were no crossroads until modern times and that there is no evidence for such meaning as "toll at a crossroad". He derives the name from ''cors'' with ''cros'' as a later form (as in Old Welsh ''toll cors'', meaning a ''boggy hollow'') and that the ending ''-corse'' would have aptly described the low-lying area beside the now culverted Lochrin Burn running between the slopes of the Burgh Muir and the High Riggs south of the Grassmarket. From the earl ...
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Tollcross Primary School
Tollcross Primary School (Scottish Gaelic: ''Bunsgoil Crois na Cìse'') is a mixed non-denominational primary school on Fountainbridge near Tollcross in Edinburgh,Tollcross Primary School, West Tollcross, Edinburgh
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 February 2022. which offered the only

Gaelic

medium primary education in Edinburgh and the Lothians until this medium got its own facility called

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Tollcross United F
Tollcross may refer to the following places: *Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland **Tollcross Primary School **Tollcross United F.C. a former football club *Tollcross, Glasgow, Scotland **Tollcross railway station (closed) **Tollcross International Swimming Centre See also * Toll (fee) A toll is a fee charged for the use of a road or waterway. History Tolls usually had to be paid at strategic locations such as bridges (sometimes called a bridge toll) or gates. In Europe, the road toll goes back to the practice of the Germ ...

Tollcross, Glasgow
Tollcross ( gd, Toll na Croise) is an area north of the River Clyde in Glasgow and has a popular park, opened in 1897, which is famed for its international rose trials. It lies approximately a mile east of the neighbouring suburb of Parkhead, and just north of Braidfauld and south of Shettleston. History The area was once host to mass employment in the industrial age thanks largely to the large Fullarton steel works (now occupied by housing). McVitie's biscuit factory is one of the main employers in the area today, with a facility in the area since the 1920s.Tollcross

Gazetteer for Scotland

Many residents of the

Tollcross Railway Station
Tollcross station was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow, Scotland. It was opened by the Caledonian Railway as Tollcross on 1 February 1897.Butt (1995) Located next to the settlements of Braidfauld Braidfauld is a small area of Glasgow, Scotland which is in the East End of the city slightly north of the River Clyde and south of the Tollcross area.

Tollcross International Swimming Centre
The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is a swimming pool and leisure centre in Glasgow. It hosted the Swimming events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The centre hosted the IPC Swimming World Championships during July 2015. Technical features It has one Olympic standard 50 metre swimming pool, which was extensively upgraded, and a second 50-metre pool which was added as a warm-up facility. The pool was reopened on 24 May 2013. The seating capacity of the Pool is 2,000, rising to 5,000 with temporary seating during the Commonwealth Games. Additional upgrades were made in 2017 in preparation for the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, which included repairs, a new roof, and electrical and mechanical equipment additions.Race, Retta (24 November 2016)"Tollcross Int'l Swimming Center Improvements Ready For 2017" '' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 23 November 2021. Notable events * British Swimming Championships: 2014, 2016,Commings, Jeff (27 July 2015)"Glasgow To Host 2016 British ...
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