Kilbarchan
Kilbarchan
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Kilbarchan Location within Renfrewshire | |
| Population | 3,300 (2020)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS401633 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Johnstone |
| Postcode district | PA10 |
| Dialling code | 01505 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Kilbarchan (/kɪlˈbɑːrxən/; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Bhearchain) is a village and civil parish in central Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is almost contiguous with Johnstone, about 5 miles or 8 km west of the centre of Paisley. The village's name means "cell (chapel) of St. Barchan". It is known for its former weaving industry.
History
Kilbarchan was the birthplace of Mary Barbour, who led Glasgow's rent strike of 1915 and later became Glasgow Corporation's first woman councillor.
Kilbarchan was used as a location for the BBC TV show Dr. Finlay's Casebook in the 1960s.
Transport
Kilbarchan railway station opened on 1 June 1905, and closed to passengers on 27 June 1966.
Notable people
- Mary Nicol Neill Armour (1902–2000), artist[2]
- Mary Barbour, political activist, was born here
- Campbell Douglas, architect, was born and raised here
- Maud Galt (c. 1620 – c. 1670), lesbian accused of witchcraft, lived here with her husband.
- Prof Thomas Gibson FRSE, professor of plastic surgery and bioengineering, born here[3]
- Agnes Lyle, a ballad singer, lived here in 1825.[4]
- Hugh McIver, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Stirling (1654–1727), Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly in 1707
References
- ^ "Population estimates for settlements and localities in Scotland: mid-2020". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/armour-mary-nicol-neill-1902-2000
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Lyle [Lile], Agnes (fl. 1825), ballad singer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68265. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 8 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kilbarchan.
- "Kilbarchan community website". Archived from the original on 29 April 2004.
- "Kilbarchan past and present".