Todat it is really a suburb of Glasgow, located to the south east of the city. Chartered in 1126 as one of the first of Scotland's Royal Burghs. It developed as a trading town. By the 13th century Glasgow had come to greater prominence and overtaken the it. Associated mining, weaving, shipbuilding and the manufacture of steel in the past. The Scottish Parliament met at the town in 1300. A group of Covenanters read the Declaration of Rutherglen here in 1679. Rutherglen was incorporated into Glasgow in 1975 but since 1996 has been a part South Lanarkshire. ... < more >