Neilston
Sign in to saveNeilston (, , ) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, southwest of Barrhead, south of Paisley, and south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Neilston is a dormitory village with a resident population of just over 5,000 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- Neilston
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 5,310
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Neilston
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile Nèill
- UK place.scots_name
- Neilstoun
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS480572
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Renfrewshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Renfrewshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Renfrewshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Renfrewshire South
- UK place.post_town
- GLASGOW
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +5170
- Area
- +0.45
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Paisley
- Image
- Editted Neilston village (Glasgow beyond).jpg
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- P7959
- Renfrewshire
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Neilston (, , ) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, southwest of Barrhead, south of Paisley, and south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Neilston is a dormitory village with a resident population of just over 5,000 people.
Neilston is mentioned in documents from the 12th century, when the feudal lord Robert de Croc, endowed a chapel to Paisley Abbey to the North. Neilston Parish Church—a Category B listed building—is said to be on the site of this original chapel and has been at the centre of the community since 1163. Little remains of the original structure. Before industrialisation, Neilston was a scattered farming settlement composed of a series of single-storey houses, many of them thatched. Some domestic weaving was carried out using local flax. Water power from nearby streams ground corn and provided a suitable environment for bleaching the flax.