:Kilbarchan

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| unitary_scotland = Renfrewshire

| lieutenancy_scotland = Renfrewshire

| post_town = Johnstone

| postcode_district = PA10

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| constituency_westminster = Paisley and Renfrewshire South

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Kilbarchan ({{IPAc-en|k|ɪ|l|ˈ|b|ɑːr|x|ə|n}}; {{langx|gd|Cill Bhearchain}}) is a village and civil parish in central Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is almost contiguous with Johnstone, about 5 miles or 8 km west of the centre of Paisley. The village's name means "cell (chapel) of St. Barchan". It is known for its former weaving industry.

History

File:Steeple Kilbarchan.jpg

Kilbarchan was the birthplace of Mary Barbour, who led Glasgow's rent strike of 1915 and later became Glasgow Corporation's first woman councillor.

Kilbarchan was used as a location for the BBC TV show Dr. Finlay's Casebook in the 1960s.

File:Kilbarchan.jpg

Transport

Kilbarchan railway station opened on 1 June 1905, and closed to passengers on 27 June 1966.

Notable people

Mary Nicol Neill Armour (1902–2000), artisthttps://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/armour-mary-nicol-neill-1902-2000 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
Mary Barbour, political activist, was born here
Campbell Douglas, architect, was born and raised here
Maud Galt (c. 1620 – c. 1670), lesbian accused of witchcraft, lived here with her husband.
Prof Thomas Gibson FRSE, professor of plastic surgery and bioengineering, born here{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=6 July 2016|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Agnes Lyle, a ballad singer, lived here in 1825.{{Cite ODNB|title=Lyle [Lile], Agnes (fl. 1825), ballad singer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-68265|access-date=2020-12-08| date=2004 |language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/68265| isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}
Hugh McIver, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Stirling (1654–1727), Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly in 1707

References

External links

{{cite web | url = http://www.kilbarchan.info/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040429171609/http://www.kilbarchan.info/ | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 29 April 2004 | title = Kilbarchan community website }}
{{cite web | url = http://www.johnbutler.org | title = Kilbarchan past and present }}

Category:Villages in Renfrewshire