Hurlet

Last updated

Hurlet
Toby Carvery, Hurlet (geograph 4088322).jpg
The former Toby Carvery
East Renfrewshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Hurlet
Location within East Renfrewshire
OS grid reference NS515296
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Renfrewshire
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G53
Dialling code 0141
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°49′05″N4°22′16″W / 55.81792°N 4.37119°W / 55.81792; -4.37119

Hurlet (or The Hurlet) is a former mining village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. [1] It is situated 2.5 kilometres northeast of Barrhead, near the boundaries of the council areas with Glasgow to the north and Renfrewshire to the west.

Contents

History

The Hurlet like the neighbouring area Nitshill was abundant with coal. The area developed due to early 19th-century industrial advances, supplying coal and building stone to Glasgow. However, large deposits of alum and copperas were also discovered. Both minerals are pivotable in the dyeing process in the textile industry, allowing the village to become significant in the county. [2]

During the late twentieth century, most of the Hurlet was consigned to the history books when the A726 road, which cut through the village, was widened to become a dual carriageway.

Notable people

Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet, inventor.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Renfrewshire</span> Council area of Scotland

East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood district of the Strathclyde region. The northeastern part of the council area is close to Glasgow and many of the council area's northern settlements fall into the Greater Glasgow urban area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Renfrewshire</span> Council area of Scotland

Renfrewshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lanarkshire</span> Historic county in Scotland

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark, is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland. The county is no longer used for local government purposes, but gives its name to the two modern council areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nitshill</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Nitshill is a district on the south side of Glasgow. It is bordered by South Nitshill to the south, Darnley to the east, Crookston and Roughmussel to the north-west, Hurlet to the west and Househillwood and Priesthill to the north, with the Pollok district and the Silverburn Centre beyond. An area of open ground to the south-west of Nitshill forms the boundary between Glasgow and the town of Barrhead in East Renfrewshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bridge of Weir</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Bridge of Weir is a village within the Renfrewshire council area and wider historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lochwinnoch</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. Its population in 2001 was 2628 and in 2022 was 2769.

Ralston is a small, middle-class, suburban settlement in Renfrewshire, Scotland, being part of the greater town of Paisley. The district straddles the A761, the main dual-carriageway between Renfrewshire and the City of Glasgow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barrhead</span> Town in East Bisland Renfrewshire, Scotland

Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, thirteen kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newton Mearns</span> Town in Scotland

Newton Mearns is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Glasgow City Centre on the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet (125 m) above sea level. It has a population of approximately 26,993, stretching from Whitecraigs and Kirkhill in the northeast to Maidenhill in the southeast, to Westacres and Greenlaw in the west and Capelrig/Patterton in the northwest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giffnock</span> Town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland

Giffnock is a town and the administrative centre of East Renfrewshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Houston, Renfrewshire</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Houston, is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thornliebank</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Thornliebank is a suburban area in East Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, it is located on the Auldhouse Burn about six miles south of Glasgow city centre, and just outside the city's administrative boundaries. The neighbouring East Renfrewshire town of Giffnock lies directly to the east, with Rouken Glen Park to the south.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neilston</span> Village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland

Neilston is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, two miles southwest of Barrhead, the last remaining town in greater Glasgow to operate trams, 3+34 miles south of Paisley, and 5+34 miles south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Neilston is a dormitory village with a resident population of just over 5,000 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Renfrewshire (historic)</span> Historic county and lieutenancy area of western Scotland

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The lieutenancy area covers the three modern council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire, and this area is occasionally termed Greater Renfrewshire to distinguish it from the modern council area called Renfrewshire. The historic county additionally included territory on the south-western edge of Glasgow which was gradually transferred to the administrative area of the city as it grew.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A726 road</span> Road in Scotland

The A726 road in Scotland is a major route with several distinct sections with different characteristics and names; owing to its stages of construction, since 2005 it has two separate parts, the first running between Strathaven in South Lanarkshire and Junction 5 of the M77 motorway south of Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire via East Kilbride, and the other running between Junction 3 of the M77 and the M898 motorway near the Erskine Bridge, via Paisley and Junction 29 of the M8 motorway near Glasgow International Airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A736 road</span> Road in Scotland

The A736 road in Scotland runs between Renfrew and Irvine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roughmussel</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Roughmussel is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde near to the city boundaries with East Renfrewshire to the south and Renfrewshire to the west. The area was originally part of Renfrewshire until being subsumed by Glasgow in the 1920s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greater Pollok (ward)</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Greater Pollok is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wards of Renfrewshire</span>

Renfrewshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, formally established in 1996 to succeed the Renfrew district within the Strathclyde region, both of which were abolished; the headquarters are at Paisley.

Levern Football Club was a Scottish football club from the village of Hurlet, near Barrhead, East Renfrewshire.

References

  1. Hurlet at Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. Smart, Aileen (2023). Villages of Glasgow: south of the Clyde (Revised and updated ed.). Edinburgh: Origin. ISBN   1839830417.