BARRHEAD LOCAL HISTORY
Archives & Resources:

Portal to the Past is a new and exciting history & heritage website. It allows you, the user, to explore 1000s of items such as old maps, photographs, documents, statues, paintings, ephemera and other information; giving a taste of daily life in the past, that are held in the various Heritage collections of East Renfrewshire Council.

Access to all this material is made easy, through internet access and includes a powerful set of online tools for searching the content.

Every item has been carefully and meticuosly tagged with detailed information such as Dates, time periods, related names and related subjects to make it easy for you to find what your looking for and to locate similar content items.
There are also lots of specially crafted information pages that contain a wealth of facts and resources about East Renfrewshire:

- Photographs & Postcards that have been organised into collections
- Extensive information on the lives of local artists, authors, famous people.
- Chronological timelines for all towns and villages in East Renfrewshire
- How the local industry, buildings and community life has developed
- Featured collections, Margaret Gibson, William Gemmel & John Shanks
- Heritage resources, publications, web links, addresses, archives.

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Barrhead Databases:
Census 1841 Census of Neilston 1851 Census of Neilston and Barrhead	WW1 Database World War 1 Barrhead casualties
Heritage web sites:
Barrhead Heritage Trail, 25 sites with a circular commemorative blue plaque, giving a brief description of each location.	Talking Books: Its Funny Whit Ye Remember ! Learn About Life in Barrhead 1930 - 1950s
Neilston Railway Centenary - 100 Years Old ! Fun, multimedia web site celebrating 100 years
Articles & Features:
The Home Guard in Barrhead	Victoria Pit Disaster
Mansions in and Around Barrhead	A Short History of Transport in Barrhead
Memories of FIRE STATION DARNLEY	Shanks of Barrhead
Buses & Coaches	Learn About the Coat of Arms
'I am descended from James and Katherine Lowndes of (Nether) Arthurlie. They once lived in Nether Arthurlie House, which is now the former St Mary’s Convent.' Read the fascinating history of the Lowndes family of Barrhead.