In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Bridge of Weir like this:
Weir, Bridge of, a village in Kilbarchan and Houston parishes, Renfrewshire, on the river Gryfe, 3 ¼ miles NW of Johnstone and 7 W by N of Paisley. Owing its existence to the establishment of two large cotton mills in its vicinity in 1792 and 1793, it has a post office under Johnstone, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a railway station, a branch of the Clydesdale Bank, a good hotel, a water-supply of 1881, a bowling-green, a public school, an Established chapel of ease (1879), and a Free church (1826, formerly Original Burgher). ...
Pop. (1861) 1443, (1871) 1315, (1881) 1267, of whom 715 were in Kilbarchan.—Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 1866.
Bridge of Weir through time
Bridge of Weir is now part of Renfrewshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Renfrewshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bridge of Weir itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bridge of Weir in Renfrewshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 07th November 2024
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