Houston (Renfrewshire)

Houston is a town in the center of the Scottish Unitary Authority Renfrewshire. It is located about eight kilometers northwest of Paisley and 16 km southeast of Greenock. Houston is fused with the two neighboring villages Crosslee and Craigends. The other one in Houston and Kilellan Parish Church is protected as a monument of Category B. The statues found there are listed in the highest category A Scottish monument.

History

The place name derives from Hew 's Town and goes back to a castle by Hugo de Kilpeter. In 1781, parts of the castle were demolished and abandoned the old village. At the same time, a new settlement was established consisting of 35 houses along two intersecting streets at the current location. Later, woolen mills settled in Houston.

While in 1841, 613 people still lived in Houston, the population was only slightly increased to 658 by 1971. Along with the neighboring communities Crosslee and Craigends 2001 6610 people were counted in years.

Traffic

Houston is attached via a side street off the A761 to the road network. Already in the middle of the 19th century closed the Glasgow and South Western Railway Houston with its own railway station on the Bridge of Weir Railway to the rail network at. Later, a second station on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Caledonian Railway followed. However, both were outside of the village, so that only low growth impulses from the connection went out. The stations were abandoned in the meantime both. The Glasgow International Airport is located seven kilometers east. Until 1966, the south of Renfrew Renfrew Airport was located in operation.