Everything about Kilbarchan totally explained
Kilbarchan is a village to the west of
Johnstone in
Renfrewshire,
Scotland. The village's name means "cell (chapel) of St. Barchan".
Kilbarchan is the home of Kilbarchan Amateur Athletics Club, and contains a Primary school, a Girl Guiding Centre, separate Scout Halls, and three churches, Kilbarchan West and Kilbarchan East. The main annual event is the celebration of Lilias Day, on the first Saturday of June. Its biggest employer is Smith & McLaurin Ltd,based at the Cartside Mill. The company is a leading manufacturer and global supplier of self-adhesive labels, tickets and tags, specialty communication media and thermal VIP products. There are two village pubs, The Trust and The Glenleven. The Trust has been in establishment since 1901 and serves the Wednesday Night club on occasion. The village is now also home to a florist, Blooms 4 U, on the site of the old post office, which has moved round the corner onto Tandlehill Road.
The village was once one of many
weaving villages, and at one time there were 800
handlooms in the village. The weavers were active in the
Radical movement which sought parliamentary reform, and Kilbarchan played a part in the agitation of the so-called
Radical War of
1820. One cottage built in
1723 has been conserved by the
National Trust for Scotland with weaving still in operation, and guides demonstrate handloom weaving to visitors.
Kilbarchan was the birthplace of
Mary Barbour, the Scottish
political activist who led the
Glasgow rent strike of 1915 and later became
Glasgow's first woman councillor.
Kilbarchan railway station opened on
1 June 1905, and closed to passengers on
27 June 1966.
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