BARRHEAD

barrhead, a police burgh of renfrewshire, scotland, situated on the levern, 7-1/2 m. s.w. of glasgow by the glasgow & south-western railway. pop. (1901) 9855. founded in 1773, it has gradually absorbed the villages of arthurlie, dovecothall and grahamston, and become a thriving town. the chief industries include bleaching, calico-printing, cotton-spinning, weaving, iron and brass founding, engineering and the manufacture of sanitary appliances. neilston (pop. 2668), about 2 m. s.w., has bleachfields and print-works, and 2 m. n. by e. lie hurlet, where are important manufactures of alum and other chemicals, and nitshill (pop. 1242) with chemical works, quarries and collieries.