Barrhead

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

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UK place.country: Scotland
UK place.official_name: Barrhead
UK place.gaelic_name: Ceann a' Bharra
UK place.scots_name: Baurheid
UK place.population_ref: ()
UK place.os_grid_reference: NS505585
UK place.map_type: Scotland
UK place.pushpin_map: Scotland East Renfrewshire#Scotland Glasgow
UK place.unitary_scotland: East Renfrewshire
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland: Renfrewshire
UK place.constituency_westminster: East Renfrewshire
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament: Renfrewshire South
UK place.post_town: GLASGOW
UK place.postcode_district: G78
UK place.postcode_area: G
UK place.dial_code: 0141
UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi: 48
UK place.london_distance_mi: 344

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Population: 17610
Image: Barrhead.jpg

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Commons category: Barrhead
OS grid reference: NS505585
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Barrhead (, ) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.

== History == thumb|left|Map of Barrhead published in 1923 Barrhead was formed when a series of small textile-producing villages (Barrhead, Arthurlie, Grahamston and Gateside) gradually grew into one another to form one continuous town. According to local historian James McWhirter, the name "Barrhead" first appeared in 1750. Glanderston House, to the south, at one time belonged to the Stewart kings of Scotland.