Brookfield
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Brookfield is recorded as being the smallest community in Renfrewshire. It is located on the A761 2 kilometres (1.5 miles) from Johnstone, roughly half way between Johnstone and Bridge of Weir.
In the mid-1890’s, a Johnstone cuvil engineer and architect named Peter Kerr purchased Boghouse Farm with the aim of building a small village, and settle down with his wife who he married in 1896. His house was called Branscroft. The first villas were built in 1898.
The village remained isolated until the country-wide building of roads in the 1930’s. The first official mentioning of the name was possibly in the Paisley Directory of 1904/5 and the Ordnance Survey map of 1911.
A railway station pre-existed the village and was named Houston Railway Station for the nearby (2 miles) village of Houston. On the 10th January 1983 railway services on the Paisley Canal and Kilmacolm lines ended, resulting in the closure of Houston Railway Station.
In 2001 the village had 216 dwellings with a further 18 in outlying areas, but still within the Community Council District. The population in 1991 was about 600.
In the mid-1890’s, a Johnstone cuvil engineer and architect named Peter Kerr purchased Boghouse Farm with the aim of building a small village, and settle down with his wife who he married in 1896. His house was called Branscroft. The first villas were built in 1898.
The village remained isolated until the country-wide building of roads in the 1930’s. The first official mentioning of the name was possibly in the Paisley Directory of 1904/5 and the Ordnance Survey map of 1911.
A railway station pre-existed the village and was named Houston Railway Station for the nearby (2 miles) village of Houston. On the 10th January 1983 railway services on the Paisley Canal and Kilmacolm lines ended, resulting in the closure of Houston Railway Station.
In 2001 the village had 216 dwellings with a further 18 in outlying areas, but still within the Community Council District. The population in 1991 was about 600.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookfield,_Renfrewshire
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°50'48"N 4°31'48"W
- North Connel 87 km
- Findhorn 210 km
- Grimister 567 km
- Camb 568 km
- Houbie 571 km
- Balliasta 588 km
- Skáli 716 km
- Reykholt 1276 km
- Tjarnabyggð 1283 km
- Mosfellsdalur 1321 km
- Old Craigends 2.1 km
- Howwood Road 2.3 km
- Linwood Industrial Estate 2.5 km
- Renfrewshire Council 2.6 km
- Johnstone Castle 2.6 km
- Old Ranfurly Golf Course 2.8 km
- Wallace 2.9 km
- Elderslie 3.5 km
- Phoenix Park 3.6 km
- Remains of Royal Ordnance Factory 5.1 km
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