Howwood
Sign in to saveHowwood (, ) is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is between Johnstone and Lochwinnoch, just off the A737 dual carriageway between the nearby town of Paisley and the Ayrshire border. It is served by Howwood railway station.
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Place details
- Locality
- Howwood
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,580
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Howwood
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Coille an Dail
- UK place.scots_name
- The Howewuid
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS397602
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Renfrewshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Renfrewshire
- UK place.post_town
- JOHNSTONE
- UK place.postcode_district
- PA9
- UK place.postcode_area
- PA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01505
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1798
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Howwood - geograph.org.uk - 30157.jpg
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Howwood (, ) is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is between Johnstone and Lochwinnoch, just off the A737 dual carriageway between the nearby town of Paisley and the Ayrshire border. It is served by Howwood railway station.
==History== thumb|Howwood seen from a nearby bike trail Its name is listed in the late 19th century Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland as "Howwood or Hollow-wood". Hollow-Wood is an anglicisation of the Scots language name Howewuid. The Surname Database gives the following etymology for the equivalent surname 'Howood': a topographical name from residence by a muddy wood, deriving from the pre-7th-Century Old English "horh", mud, slime, and "wudu", wood.