Bishopton (Renfrewshire)

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Bishopton
Scottish Gaelic Baile an Easbaig
Street in the city center
Street in the city center
Coordinates 55 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′  N , 4 ° 30 ′  W
Bishopton (Scotland)
Bishopton
Bishopton
Residents 4708 2011 census
administration
Post town BISHOPTON
ZIP code section PA7
prefix 01505
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Renfrewshire
British Parliament Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish Parliament Renfrewshire North and West

Bishopton ( Gaelic : Baile an Easbaig ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Renfrewshire . The village is located in the north of Renfrewshire about 17 km northwest of Glasgow and east of Greenock not far from the Clyde . The closest town is Erskine, two kilometers away . West is the Grade II listed mansion Formakin House .

history

The Brisbane family had owned what is now Bishopton's lands since 1332 . After 1671 they changed hands several times. Bishopton developed slowly and had a population of 341 in 1861. In 1937 Bishopton became the location of a Royal Ordnance Factory for ammunition production. 10,000 workers were already employed at the same location during the First World War . By 1961 the population rose to 1586. In 1991 there were already 5,394 people in Bishopton. Most recently, the number of inhabitants decreased slightly, so that only 5157 people were counted in the 2001 census and 4708 in 2011.

traffic

The M8 connects Bishopton directly to the trunk road network. The A8 runs directly through the city center on its section between Glasgow and Greenock. As early as the 19th century, the Caledonian Railway Bishopton connected to the railway network. The station was served by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway . Today the station is on the Inverclyde Line of First ScotRail . Glasgow International Airport is three miles to the southeast. Renfrew Airport , located south of Renfrew , was in operation until 1966 .

Sons and daughters of the place

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c Bishopton Renfrewshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ a b Bishopton. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, p. 160 .
  5. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  6. ↑ 2011 census
  7. ^ Iain Hutchison: The Story of Loganair. Scotland's Airline - the First 25 Years. Western Isles Pub. Co., sl 1987, ISBN 0-906-43714-8 , p. 68.

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