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Kilbarchan

Field	Value
country	Scotland
official_name	Kilbarchan
gaelic_name	Cill Bhearchain
os_grid_reference	NS401633
map_type	Scotland
coordinates
population
population_ref	()
unitary_scotland	Renfrewshire
lieutenancy_scotland	Renfrewshire
post_town	Johnstone
postcode_district	PA10
postcode_area	PA
dial_code	01505
constituency_westminster	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
constituency_scottish_parliament	Renfrewshire South

Kilbarchan (; ) 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

The Steeple (1755) – a statue of Habbie Simpson is visible.

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

Kilbarchan railway station opened on 1 June 1905, and closed to passengers on 27 June 1966.

Notable people

Mary Nicol Neill Armour (1902–2000), artist
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
Agnes Lyle, a ballad singer, lived here in 1825.
Hugh McIver, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Stirling (1654–1727), Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly in 1707

References

{{Scottish settlement population citation
"Armour, Mary Nicol Neill (1902–2000) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com".
(July 2006). "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002". The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
(2004). "Lyle [Lile], Agnes (fl. 1825), ballad singer".

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