Shawfield

The industrial/commercial Shawfield area of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen in Scotland is located to the north of the town. It is bounded to the east by the River Clyde, to the north by the Glasgow district of Oatlands and the adjacent Richmond Park, and to the west and south by Polmadie and Toryglen in Glasgow, and Burnhill and the historic Main Street in Rutherglen, although it is separated from these areas by the West Coast Main Line railway tracks and the M74 motorway. A road bridge connects Shawfield to the Dalmarnock, Bridgeton and Glasgow Green areas.

In recent years Shawfield is a familiar name to Scottish sports fans, as the stadium of the same is the national venue for greyhound racing and the former home of Clyde FC.

Documentation states that in 1611 the estate of Shawfield was in the hands of the family of Claud Hamilton. His grandson James Hamilton was forced to sell the estate and it was later possessed by the Member of Parliament and tobacco lord Daniel Campbell in 1707. He built a mansion in the centre of Glasgow also named Shawfield, but this was destroyed in a tax-related riot in 1725. Campbell received compensation from the Glasgow for the mansion as city officials were found to have encouraged the rioting mob. He used this money to buy the entire island of Islay which his family held for over a century. Shawfield in Rutherglen also remained a possession of the Campbell family (including Walter Campbell of Shawfield) until 1788.

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