Did you know the pub was named after a very heroic woman?
Gallowgate drinking spot the Hielan Jessie is being sold by owner Billy Gold, whose family has been serving the community since 1986.
While it will continue to serve the people of Glasgow’s East End in years to come, the Hielan Jessie also has aThe pub was situated within a city tenement which was built in 1771, opposite the barracks of the 17th Highland regiment. Because of this connection, it was called the Old Barrack Vaults. The name Hielan Jessie was inspired by a heroic woman, Jessie Brown. Her husband, Sergeant Brown, was in the 17th Highland Regiment. While fighting in India during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, the regiment became trapped in their fort and Sergeant Brown was killed.
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