Lochwinnoch is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland, located on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder. It is a mainly residential dormitory village - Population at 2001 was 2628.
The village also lends its name to a civil parish of some fifty square miles of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley.
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Lochwinnoch is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland, located on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder. It is a mainly residential dormitory village - Population at 2001 was 2628.
The village also lends its name to a civil parish of some fifty square miles of the surrounding countryside, including the nearby village of Howwood. The parish borders seven others: Beith, Kilbarchan, Kilbirnie, Kilmacolm, Largs, Neilston and Paisley.
Its name derives from the Gaelic Loch eanach meaning 'marshy loch', though local tradition attributes it to St Winnoc, to whom a nearby chapel was dedicated and a street named.
Lochwinnoch is first recorded in the 12th Century as a parish under the higher control of Paisley and Renfrew, but the area has been inhabited since the neolithic period.
In 1795, there were nine mills located in Lochwinnoch and the village was developed mainly to accommodate the work force. As such, the village is largely a planned community, rather than one evolving over...
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