Bridgeton's most notable feature is the "Brigton Umbrella", a Victorian cast iron structure covering the centre of Bridgeton Cross. Bridgeton also has one of Glasgow's original Carnegie libraries, deftly designed by the Invernessian architect, James Robert Rhind.
Bridgeton (often pronounced Brig-ton rather than Bridge-ton) is to the south-east of the city centre. It is bounded by Glasgow Green to the west,
Dalmarnock to the east and south and Calton to the north-west at Abercrombie Street/ London Road.
It used to be bounded by a village named Mile-End to the north, however this district seems to have vanished over the years, resulting in Bridgeton's boundary moving north to Crownpoint Road. It started as a small weaving village in 1705, when the third John Walkinshaw marked out a portion of his Goosefauld estate for rent.
