Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Yoker

Yoker, vil. with ry. sta., Renfrew par., Renfrewshire, and Old Kilpatrick par., Dumbartonshire, on river Clyde, 1 mile N. of Renfrew, pop. 1256; P.O., T.O.; has an extensive shipbuilding yard and a large distillery.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Renfrew ScoP       Renfrewshire ScoCnty
Place: Yoker

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