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Kilbarchan
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  Kilbarchan Location within Renfrewshire | |
| Population | 3,300 (2020)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS401633 |
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| 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
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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
[edit]Kilbarchan railway station opened on 1 June 1905, and closed to passengers on 27 June 1966.
Notable people
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ↑ "Population estimates for settlements and localities in Scotland: mid-2020". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ "Armour, Mary Nicol Neill (1902–2000) | Encyclopedia.com". Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ↑ 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, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kilbarchan.
- "Kilbarchan community website". Archived from the original on 29 April 2004.
- "Kilbarchan past and present".
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