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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Yoker like this:
Yoker, a village in Old Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire, and Renfrew parish, Renfrewshire, on the right bank of the Clyde, 1 mile N of Renfrew. It has a post and telegraph office under Glasgow, a great shipbuilding yard, and a large distillery. Pop. (1871) 535, (1881) 1256, of whom 953 were in Old Kilpatrick.—Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 1866.
Yoker is now part of WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Yoker itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yoker, in West Dunbartonshire and Dunbartonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21924
Date accessed: 12th November 2025
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