Neilston, East Renfrewshire

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Neilston is a village in East Renfrewshire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Neilston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Neilston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Neilston, town and par., Renfrewshire, on river Levern, 2 miles SW. of Barrhead and 10 miles SW. of Glasgow by rail-par., 12,481 ac., pop. 11,359; town, pop. 2311; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; there are numerous printfields, bleachfields, and cotton spinning mills in the district; Neilston Pad (854 ft.), 1½ mile S. of the town, commands a fine view.

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