Inchinnan
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 Inchinnan Village | |
  Inchinnan Location withinRenfrewshire | |
| Population | 1,820 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NS475691 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Renfrew |
| Postcode district | PA4 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| 55°53′30″N4°26′19″W / 55.8917°N 4.4386°W /55.8917; -4.4386 | |
Inchinnan (/ɪntʃˈɪnən/;Scottish Gaelic:Innis Fhionghain) is a small village inRenfrewshire, Scotland. The village is located on the mainA8 road betweenRenfrew andGreenock, just south east of the town ofErskine.
The name of Inchinnan village is derived from theGaelic word 'Innis', which means an island or low-lying land near a river or stream. The other part of the name is taken fromSaint Inan, a 9th-centuryconfessor atIrvine.[2]An ornamental cast iron enclosure near the ford protects "St Conval's Chariot" which is supposedly the stone that broughtSaint Conval from Ireland to Inchinnan around 590,[3] and a 12th-century church dedicated to Saint Conval was given to theKnights Templar byDavid I of Scotland. Another church called 'Hallows Church' replaced it in 1900. The newer church was then replaced by part of the airfield at Abbotsinch.[4] The latest church (Inchinnan Parish) is in the centre of the village. It contains burial stones possibly dating back to around the 9th century.[5] In the same enclosure as St Conval's Chariot, "Argyll's Stone" was supposedly where the9th Earl of Argyll rested when he was captured in 1685, before he was executed in Edinburgh on theMaiden.[3]
The confluence of the riversBlack Cart andWhite Cart is situated near Inchinnan. Travelers crossed by aford and later by ferry. A stone bridge was built to cross the Black Cart and abascule bridge crosses the White Cart.[6]
In the 1700s there were quarries within the village. The quarries produced high qualityfreestone right up until the 1900s. In 1809-1812 stone from the quarries built the nearby Black and White Cart bridges.[7]
William Gilmour, farmer of Town of Inchinnan Farm, was the husband of Charlotte Gilmour who stood trial for his murder by arsenical poisoning in 1843.[8]
Thebascule bridge at the border withRenfrew was replaced in 1923 by abascule bridge, which was made bySir William Arrol & Company. It is still capable of opening, as theDoosan Babcock factory at Renfrew requires the capability to move large loads by river. The bridge crossesWhite Cart Water and onto theRiver Clyde.
Inchinnan hosts an art deco stylecategory A listed building calledIndia of Inchinnan. It is the former office block of India Tyres factory which occupied the site from 1927 until the early 1980s. It has now been renovated into private offices. The company also built two groups of houses to accommodate its workers. These streets were called Allands Avenue and India Drive. Prior to its use as a tyre factory, the site was used byWilliam Beardmore and Company to buildairships inWorld War I. Several airships, the No's R24, R27,R34 and theR36 were built on this site. The company built 52 houses in Inchinnan, at Beardmore Cottages, to house its workers.
Inchinnan has a large industrial estate within the town. There are a few manufacturing companies left within the area. Some of the companies associated with Inchinnan past and present include: Reekie Machine Tools, Scot Tubes, Gas Measurement Instruments, Bairdswear, Armour Park, Metecno, Aulds andRolls-Royce.M&Co (Mackays) has its head office at Caledonia House in the industrial estate.
There is a bus depot in Inchinnan which belonged toArriva Scotland West and before thatWestern SMT (laterClydeside Scottish). In December 2011, it was announced that Arriva had agreed to sell the company to the independent operatorMcGill's Bus Services and all of Arriva Scotland West's operations ceased on Monday 26 March 2012.
East of the village beside the A8 road is aspoil tip from a disusedironstone mine. This hillock is now covered with trees. The mine, known as the Blythswood mine was abandoned by 1875.
A palace was situated within the village about 1506. It was built by Matthew,Lord Darnley, secondEarl of Lennox. Remains of the building known asPalace of Inchinnan could be seen up to 1710 but have now since been destroyed. It was situated on the border with Erskine; near to Flures Drive in Erskine.[7] An inventory was made of the contents of the palace and chapel around the year 1570. The chapel goods included; two missals, statues of Jesus as a baby, the Virgin Mary and St Anne, with an ivory statue for the hanging chandelier.[9]
Wilhelmina Alexander, famous asRobert Burns' 'The Bonnie Lass of Ballochmyle', is buried in the Old Inchinnan Cemetery near the Black Cart Water. The site has restricted access and is very overgrown.
The Inchinnan Cruising club was established in 1932. It is sited east of the village.[10]
The disusedPark or Fulton's Quay stands on the River Clyde in the parish of Inchinnan. It was used privately by the owners of Park House.
Inchinnan Primary school is the only school within the village. It is anon-denominationalstate school. For secondary education the village falls within thecatchment area ofPark Mains High School in Erskine. For Roman Catholic denomination education, the nearest primary school is St Anne's in Erskine andTrinity High School in Renfrew is the nearest secondary school. Inchinnan Community Nursery provides pre-school education within the village.
Inchinnan is served by Glasgow International Airport, which is located 2 km south of the town. The village has close links to the nearbyM8 motorway andErskine Bridge. Inchinnan is serviced byMcGill's Bus Services. Services operate toGlasgow,Paisley,Renfrew,Erskine,Clydebank,Glasgow Airport.
Inchinnan is situated in the north east of Renfrewshire. It lies to the south of theRiver Clyde and close to where theRiver Gryffe meets theRiver Cart. The village borders a number of nearby settlements, some separated by a rural hinterland.[11]
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