Nitshill
"NITSHILL, village in Levern vale, 4 miles south-east of Paisley, Renfrewshire. It adjoins extensive mineral works, and has a railway station and a Free church. Pop. 1001."
[From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.]
Bibliography
Cemeteries
Census
Church History
Church Records
- Churches in Nitshill (NS515605):
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Civil Registration
Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths began in Scotland on 1st January 1855. For details of these and other records held at the General Register Office in Edinburgh, see the GRO tutorial.
Description and Travel
Gazetteers
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- Details of the administrative areas of which Nitshill has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about the place.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NS515605 (Lat/Lon: 55.814903, -4.371511), Nitshill which are provided by:- StreetMap
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