Temple is a district of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, in the north of the city, bounded by Anniesland

Anniesland

Anniesland is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and centres around the junction of the Great Western Road and Crow Road; also known as Anniesland Cross....

 to the south, Knightswood

Knightswood

Knightswood is a suburban district in Glasgow, containing 4 areas: Knightswood North or High Knightswood, Knightswood South or Low Knightswood, Knightswood Park and Blairdardie. It has a golf course and park, and good transport links with the rest of the city. Garscadden and Scotstounhill railway...

 to the west and Kelvindale

Kelvindale

Kelvindale is a district in the west of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.-Construction:Construction started in the late 1920s with work being undertaken by the City Corporation. This was followed up in the early 1930s by the Glasgow-based housebuilding company Mactaggart and Mickel...

 to the east. Netherton

Netherton, Glasgow

Netherton is a district of Glasgow, in the north of the city, bounded by Temple to the south, Knightswood to the west while Westerton in Bearsden lies to the North and East. Netherton appears in Joan Blaeu's 1662 Atlas of Scotland and many subsequent old maps...

 lies to the North. Temple appears in Joan Blaeu

Joan Blaeu

Joan Blaeu was a Dutch cartographer.He was born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu.In 1620 he became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635 they published the Atlas Novus in two volumes...

's 1662 Atlas of Scotland and many subsequent maps.

History

Temple, like many of Glasgow's suburbs, was originally a village of its own, situated in the Parish of Kilpatrick, later New Kilpatrick

New Kilpatrick

New Kilpatrick, is an ecclesiastical Parish and former Civil Parish in Dunbartonshire. It was formed in 1649 from the eastern half of the parish of Kilpatrick , the western half forming Old Kilpatrick...

 in Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton is a lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Until 1975 it was a county used as a primary unit of local government with its county town and administrative centre at the town...

. It was swallowed by Glasgow's expansion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was annexed by Glasgow in 1912. Mill

Gristmill

The terms gristmill or grist mill can refer either to a building in which grain is ground into flour, or to the grinding mechanism itself.- Early history :...

s were the primary employers in the old village, although coal was mined here for a period and transported to the River Clyde

River Clyde

The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....

 via the nearby Forth and Clyde Canal

Forth and Clyde Canal

The Forth and Clyde Canal crosses Scotland, providing a route for sea-going vessels between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. The canal is 35 miles long and its eastern end is connected to the River Forth by a short stretch of the River...

 in Netherton.

Temple once had a parish church of its own within the Presbytery of Glasgow, staffed by assistant ministers from within New Kilpatrick parish. Temple Parish Church united with Anniesland to form Temple-Anniesland in 1984 and the original buildings are now demolished. Temple retains its Methodist church.

Temple has gone under a regeneration programme in the last fifteen years. Many new housing projects have been built, boosting the economic viability of the area.

Locations

Temple has its own park, Temple Park, a small playground for children and spans a large grassy field.
The closest railway station is Anniesland

Anniesland railway station

Anniesland railway station is a railway station that serves the Anniesland suburb of Glasgow, Scotland.The station is served by First ScotRail as part of the SPT network....

.
There is a David Lloyds leisure cintre.
A canal runs through. It is often used by local peepo to flyfish and barge sale.

Shopping

For shopping, Temple has several small stores, and also has Morrison's (formerly one of Safeway's "Megastore" pilot stores) close by in Anniesland, and has an Aldi at Temple Park.

Schools

Temple had its own Primary School (Temple Primary School) built in 1901. The school closed in summer 2007. Nearby Knightswood Primary was upgraded to accommodate the transfer of pupils and staff.

Temple/Shafton Youth Project is a long established project that has been in operation since 1987. It works with both young people and adults in the G13 area. In recent years they have raised thousands to take two groups of young people on world wide experiences to Australia in 2009 & 2011.