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ANDERSTON, south-western suburb of Glasgow. It lies averagely about a mile west-south-west of the Royal Exchange, is bounded by St. Vincent Street, Macalpine Street, the river Clyde, and Finnieston ; extends about 3} furlongs from north to south, and about 5 furlongs from east to west ; embraces an important section of the harbour; contains many factories, foundries, and other industrial establishments, and presents for the most part a dingy appearance, very different from that of adjacent places. It was originally a weavers' village, founded in 1725; it became a considerable town, with the status of a burgh of barony ; it was long separated from the outskirts of Glasgow by a wide rural tract, and it was eventually overtaken and engirt by the city's westward extension, and included in Glasgow municipal burgh. It has tramway communication with all parts of the city, and it contains several ornamental churches, a number of other churches, and a very large public school. Pop. of Anderston quoad sacra parish, 7273; of registration district, 38,753.