Linwood
Linwood's location locally and nationally
Demographics
Population:	9,058 (1991 Census)
Administration
Local Government Region:	Renfrewshire
Nation:	Scotland
Geography
Traditional County:	Renfrewshire
Former Region:	Strathclyde
Post Office and Telephone
Post Town:	Paisley
Postcode:	PA3
Dialling Code:	01505

Linwood, a small town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, 14 miles south-west of Glasgow, which saw an explosion in its population during the middle of the 20th century due to the mass exodus of people from the Glasgow slums. At that time the town's economy relied on the Rootes Car plant and the Pressed Steel Company, both of which ceased production in 1981, leaving mass numbers of Linwood's 13,000 industry dependent workers unemployed. File links The following pages link to this file: Linwood Categories: User-created public domain images ... For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as Council Areas which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as Councils. They have been in use since April 1, 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ... The traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland. ... Before 1975 local government in Scotland was organised on the county system. ... Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... Paisley is: the name of several towns, including Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (the original Paisley) Paisley, Florida, United States Paisley, Oregon, United States the name of a textile pattern or motif, often referred to as Paisley (design). ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) (also known as subscriber toll dialling) is a term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The Rootes Group is a now-defunct British automobile manufacturer. ... The Pressed Steel Company (PSC) was a British car body manufacturing company founded at Cowley near Oxford in 1926 as a joint venture between William Morris, the Budd Corporation and an American bank. ...

In the period of 1980-1995 Linwood had one of the highest unemployment rates in Scotland, but thanks to the recently built Phoenix Retail Park, established on the former site of the Rootes Chrysler/Talbot Car Plant and together with the expansion of neighbouring Glasgow Airport, Linwood has become a favoured place to live, because of its easy traveling connections to nearby Glasgow via the M8 motorway and its easy and short traveling distance to Scotland's biggest town Paisley. Local bus links exist between nearby Johnstone, Paisley and Glasgow. They are frequent on a daily basis, and served by chartered bus companies. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An 1837 political cartoon about unemployment in the United States. ... Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF), located in Renfrewshire, 8 miles (13 km) west of Glasgow, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is currently the busiest airport in Scotland, and seventh busiest in the UK in terms of annual passenger throughput [2]. It was the first airport in... The M8 at Charing Cross in Glasgow The M8 runs under Sauchiehall Street and the Bridge to nowhere Kingston Bridge, looking eastward up the River Clyde Glasgows urban motorway, the M8 is the busiest motorway in Scotland. ... Paisley is: the name of several towns, including Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (the original Paisley) Paisley, Florida, United States Paisley, Oregon, United States the name of a textile pattern or motif, often referred to as Paisley (design). ... For people named Johnstone, see Johnstone (surname) Johnstone (Baile Eòin in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, three miles west of neighbouring Paisley. ...

Shopping and entertainment are easily accessed pleasures near Linwood. The town boasts a main shopping centre in nearby Paisley as well as easily commutable Glasgow Paisley is: the name of several towns, including Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (the original Paisley) Paisley, Florida, United States Paisley, Oregon, United States the name of a textile pattern or motif, often referred to as Paisley (design). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...

Education needs are met by three primary schools, two of which are non-denominational and one Roman Catholic, and by three high schools; one Roman Catholic High School, a Grammar school, and a Private school. All are within a relatively small travelling distance. The University of Paisley and University of Glasgow are also within travelling distance, as well as many colleges. A non-denominational church (usually Christian) is a religious organization which does not necessarily align its mission and teachings to an established denomination. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... The University of Paisley is a multi-campus institution operating across three campus sites in the west and south-west of Scotland: Paisley, Ayr and Dumfries. ... The University of Glasgow, founded in 1451, is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Paul Lambert, a European Cup winning footballer, and captain for both Glasgow Celtic and Scotland, was born and brought up in Linwood. He is one of only 29 players to have scored over 100 goals for Celtic. Paul Lambert (born August 7, 1969) is a Scottish former footballer and football manager. ... Celtic Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced seltic) or the Bhoys (pronounced boys), are one of the worlds most famous football clubs. ...

Place-name meaning

Linwood comes from the Anglo-Saxon worǒ 'enclosure' (not wood) with an uncertain first element. Other source suggests the following; The village name is a hybrid meaning ‘wood by the pool’ Llyn (Cumbric) ‘pool’; wudu (Anglo-Saxon) ‘wood’. Linwood is located 4.5km (3 miles) west of Paisley just off the A737. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Cumbric was the Brythonic Celtic language spoken in Cumbria, and the southern Lowland Scotland . ...

Originally known as ‘The Linwood’, the settlement dates back to the fourteenth century when Linwood consisted of a small collection of farms and dwellings concentrated on the banks of the Black Cart. It was given the collective name The Linwood, with early mails showing it as 'Ye Lynwode'. The River Cart is a tributary of the River Clyde, Scotland, which it joins from the west roughly midway between Erskine and Renfrew. ...

External links

• - The Gazette (local paper)

Coordinates: 53°21′N 0°20′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...