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Also known as Howwood, Renfrewshire

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.

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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
UK place.constituency_westminster
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
Renfrewshire South

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Population
1798
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Howwood - geograph.org.uk - 30157.jpg
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Howwood
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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.

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