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- Renfrewshire Local History Forum – Renfrewshire Local History . . .
Information about RLHF Lectures for session 2025-26 at UWS More Info Local Archaeology Information about the activities of the Archaeology Section More Info Local History Articles Research articles on local history written by members of the Forum More Info Associated Societies We have 8 Associated Societies that are members of the Forum
- Castle Semple Garden: Medieval to Victorian – Renfrewshire Local . . .
Renfrewshire Local History Forum (RLHF) have carried out fieldwork on the site, including geophysics, which has identified several structures and at least one building, possibly a priest’s dwelling, near the Chapel and garden The fortunes of the Semples declined in the late 17th century
- Local History – Renfrewshire Local History Forum
MEMBERS’ RESEARCH The following short articles on local history (and some on local archaeology) were first published in the Gryffe Advertizer Members of the Forum and its Associated Societies have regularly contributed short articles on their personal research for publication in the Advertizer’s ‘the history spot’ A Kilbarchan Weaver Poet: Robert Allan A Kilbarchan Weaving Agent
- The Glasgow, Paisley, Ardrossan Canal – Renfrewshire Local History Forum
The Glasgow, Paisley, Ardrossan Canal was first proposed by James Watt in 1773 In 1804 a survey by Thomas Telford led to parliamentary permission to build the first phase of the canal from Glasgow to Johnstone Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton, was the chief investor in the project He had recently built his new deep…
- RLHF Journal – Renfrewshire Local History Forum
RLHF Journal The Journal comes free to members as part of the membership package Volume 17 was published in 2013, and added to the online catalogue November 2016 Journal Index Volumes 1 – 17
- Who was Habbie Simson? - Renfrewshire Local History Forum
Natives of Kilbarchan village are known as ‘Habbies’ in memory of the Kilbarchan piper, Habbie Simson, whose statue stands in a niche on the Steeple But who was Habbie Simson? What do we know of his life? A contemporaneous poem entitled The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan, written by Robert Sempill of Belltrees (c1599-1661) laments his death and gives some insight into his life
- PAPERS FOR THE LOCHWINNOCH CONFERENCE
The Kirktoun of Lochenyuch (there are at least forty different spellings of Lochwinnoch - pronounced for years as ‘Lochenyuch’, was one of the many ferm-touns of the parish of Lochwinnoch From the Barr Castle you can still identify one of the ferm-touns lying between Roadhead and Beith (Barford) and Barr Castle was a building very familiar to Hugh, as we shall see
- Renfrewshire’s Slave Legacy 5 The Maxwells of Pollok
The McDowalls of Castle Semple and Millikens returned from the Caribbean in the 1720s and showed the vast income possible from sugar plantations Thanks to their experience, they became 'fixers' among Renfrewshire's main landed families, arranging positions for sons as overseers, and marrying daughters to sugar planters The Maxwells of Nether Pollok (now Glasgow's Pollok…
- News – Page 11 – Renfrewshire Local History Forum - rlhf. info
A walker or cyclist travelling on a winter’s day along the cycle track from Lochwinnoch to Kilbirnie may see on the left of the track (just after it passes Hole Farm, about 2km from Lochwinnoch) a tall chimney, standing in isolation as if stranded among the encroaching trees near the edge of the loch What was the building? What was it used for? The first known building on the site appears
- Image – Renfrewshire Local History Forum - rlhf. info
The medieval drain Abbey Drain at Paisley was rediscovered in 1990 This stone-built drain is a tunnel-like structure with a high arched roof After the discovery, a deep layer of compacted mud and silt was removed and numerous artefacts, including an almost intact large pottery chamber pot, buckles, coins, a knife handle, a tuning peg, pieces of slate inscribed with polyphonic music and
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