Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Barrhead within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Barrhead, q.s. par. and manufacturing tn., E. Renfrewsh., on r. Levern, 7 m. SW. of Glasgow by rail -- q.s. par., pop. 6728; tn., pop. 7495; in vicinity is the farm of Moorhouse, the birthplace of Robert Pollok (1799-1827), author of "The Course of Time," P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper.