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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Gateside like this:
Gateside, a village in Neilston parish, Renfrewshire, on the left side of Levern Water, and on the Glasgow and Neilston railway, 1¼ mile WSW of the centre of Barrhead. One of the cluster of seats of manufacture, all popularly called Barrhead, it had a cotton factory so early as 1786. Pop. (l861) 455, (1871) 399, (1881) 465.
Gateside is now part of EAST RENFREWSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST RENFREWSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gateside itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gateside, in East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22122
Date accessed: 21st January 2026
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