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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Nitshill like this:
Nitshill, a village in the SE corner of Abbey-Paisley parish, Renfrewshire, near the right bank of Levern Water, with a station on the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Kilmarnock Joint railway, 2 miles NIE of Barrhead, and 4 ¾ WSW of Glasgow. It has a Free church, a Roman Catholic school, and chemical works (1807); and it is largely inhabited by workers in neighbouring coal-mines and quarries. Pop. (1841) 821, (1861) 1029, (1871) 986, (1881) 1001.—Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 1866.
Nitshill is now part of GLASGOW CITY City. Click here for graphs and data of how GLASGOW CITY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nitshill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nitshill, in Glasgow City and Renfrewshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22271
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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