Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Nitshill

Nitshill, vil. with ry. sta., Abbey par., Renfrewshire, on Levern Water, 4½ miles SW. of Glasgow, pop. 1001; has chemical works, and is largely inhabited by colliers and quarrymen.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Abbey ScoP       Renfrewshire ScoCnty
Place: Nitshill

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