Lochwinnoch

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Lochwinnoch
View along the main street
View along the main street
Coordinates 55 ° 48 ′  N , 4 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 48 ′  N , 4 ° 38 ′  W
Lochwinnoch (Scotland)
Lochwinnoch
Lochwinnoch
Residents 2880 2011 census
administration
Post town LOCHWINNOCH
ZIP code section PA12
prefix 01505
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Renfrewshire
British Parliament Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Scottish Parliament Renfrewshire South

Lochwinnoch is a town in the southwest of the Scottish Council Area Renfrewshire . It is on the northwest bank of Castle Semple Loch 16 km southwest of Paisley . The nearest town is Howwood, four kilometers away . The Lochwinnoch Parish Church is a monument of the highest Scottish monument category A in Lochwinnoch.

history

The origin of the place name is not clear, as there was probably no lake called Loch Winnoch in the past . Allegedly there were almost forty different spellings of the place name in the past. One explanation is that it is derived from the Holy Winnok . With industrialization, textile and leather processing companies settled in Lochwinnoch. Furniture manufacturers were added later. Today there are only a few industrial companies left in the village.

The emigration of industrial companies is reflected in the population figures. In 1841, 4716 people lived in Lochwinnoch. Over the course of the 19th century, the number fell continuously to 3369 in 1881. Between 1951 and 2001 the population increased from 2260 to 2880 inhabitants.

traffic

Lochwinnoch is connected to the trunk road network via the A760 , which joins the A737 directly to the south . As early as the middle of the 19th century, the Glasgow and South Western Railway Lochwinnoch connected to the rail network with its own station on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway . Today it is served by the Ayrshire Coast Line of First ScotRail . Glasgow International Airport is twelve kilometers to the northeast. Renfrew Airport , located south of Renfrew , was in operation until 1966 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lochwinnoch. Renfrewshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b c Lochwinnoch. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 5: (Lib - Pet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, p. 544 .
  4. ↑ entry. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
  5. ↑ 2011 census
  6. ^ Iain Hutchison: The Story of Loganair. Scotland's Airline - the First 25 Years. Western Isles Pub. Co., sl 1987, ISBN 0-906437-14-8 , p. 68.

Web links

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