He, however, was not present at Langside in May 1568, and in July became once more a supporter of Mary, voting for her divorce from Bothwell (1569).
Langside is part of Glasgow City Council Ward 7 which also include the areas of Battlefield, King's Park and Mount Florida.
Pollokshaws Road and Minard Road provided the shopping area for Crossmyloof, Shawlands and Langside - mainly in small shop units until the construction of the area's first supermarket by the Co-operative during the 1960s.
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The original village of Crossmyloof was situated in the north-western corner of Cathcart parish and was formed around the junction of what are now Pollokshaws Road and Langside Avenue (the road to Cathcart).
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When Hugh MacDonald passed through Crossmyloof on one of his Rambles in 1851, he found that the weavers of Crossmyloof and Strathbungo, like their neighbours on the hill above at Langside, were 'celebrated growers of tulips, pansies, dahlias and other floricultural favourites' and met regularly at their florist clubs to examine choice flowers and discuss the best means of rearing them to perfection.
Langside College is a further and higher education college located in the Mount Florida / Battlefield region of Glasgow.