Johnstone
"JOHNSTONE, town and quoad sacra parish in Renfrewshire. The town
stands on the Black Cart, at the end of Paisley Canal, 31/2 miles west-by-south of
Paisley; was founded in 1781, on a regular plan, as a seat of manufacture; comprises
two squares, intersecting streets, and two small suburbs;
contains cotton factories, foundries, and other industrial establishments; publishes
4 weekly newspapers; and has a head post office with money order and telegraph
departments, a railway station, 4 banking offices, a public hall, an Established
church built in 1793 and repaired in 1877, a Free church,
2 United Presbyterian churches, Episcopalian and Roman Catholic churches, and 3
large public schools. Pop. of the town, 9267; of the quoad sacra parish, 9201.
Johnstone Castle, about a mile south-east of the town, is an elegant modern
mansion."
[From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.]
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Last updated: 15th March 2002, 05:13
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