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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Kilbarchan, town and par., Renfrewshire - par., 9006 ac., pop. 6868; town, on Kilbarchan Burn, 1½ mile W. of Johnstone and 12 W. of Glasgow, pop. 2548; P.O., 1 Bank; has mfrs. of silks, cottons, and Paisley shawls, and in the vicinity are printworks, quarries, and coal and iron mines. In a niche in the town steeple is a statue of Habbie Simpson, the famous piper of Kilbarchan. On an isolated eminence on the E. side of the town are remains of an old encampment.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Kilbarchan ScoP Renfrewshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Kilbarchan |
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