Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Giffnock

Giffnock, hamlet with ry. sta., Eastwood par., Renfrewshire, 4¼ miles S. of Glasgow; in vicinity are extensive sandstone quarries.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Eastwood ScoP       Renfrewshire ScoCnty
Place: Giffnock

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