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Houston, General
Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Houston, General
Classification Village (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 43109
Site Number NS46NW 19
NGR NS 40404 66883
NGR Description Centred NS 40404 66883
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43109
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Houston
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46NW 19 centred 40404 66883
Location formerly entered as NS 410 671.
See also NS46NW 12 and NS46NW 30.
The original village of Houston stood near the church (NS46NW 14: at NS 4100 6706) and Houston House (NS46NW 13: at NS 4115 6716). About 1780, a Captain Macrae, who had purchased the estate, gave the villagers the materials to build new homes, on condition that they moved two or three hundred yards away (see also NS46NW 12).
Orig Paroch Scot 1851; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892.
