Inchinnan

Inchinnan (Gaelic Innis Fhionghain ) is a village in the northeast of the Scottish Unitary Authority Renfrewshire. It is situated about twelve kilometers west of the center of Glasgow and 20 km east of Greenock on the south bank of the Clyde. The place name is derived from the Holy Inan. The farmhouse Northbar House and the industrial building India of Inchinnan, there are two monuments from the highest Scottish Category A monument in Inchinnan.

History

In the Middle Ages the lands belonged to the possessions of the Knights Templar. By the end of the 19th century Inchinnan was agricultural. The company William Beardmore and Company began towards the end of the First World War at this location with the production of airships. Thus, among other things, the R34, which scored the first transatlantic flight of an airship built there. Production in Inchinnan was finally set in 1922. In the late 1920s, the company Tyres India took over the premises and produced there until 1981 tires. 2004 Rolls Royce invested around £ 85 million in a new plant for the production of aircraft engines in Inchinnan. In addition, along with bio - technological and communication companies have settled in the village.

After the population of 1193 in 1951, initially rising to 2176 in 1981, since then it drops off again at last in 1574 in 2001.

Traffic

The A726 touches Inchinnan in the west and includes the village on the road technically significant Clyde crossing Erskine Bridge west of Erskine on. Just south of the A8 runs on its section between Glasgow and Greenock. Two kilometers west run past the M8 and the M898 motorway at Inchinnan. The Glasgow International Airport is located two kilometers south. Until 1966, the south of Renfrew Renfrew Airport was located in operation.