In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Howwood like this:
Hollow-Wood or Howwood, a village in Lochwinnoch parish, Renfrewshire, with a station on the Glasgow and South-Western railway, 3 miles SW of Johnstone town. It has a post office under Paisley, a public school, and a chapel of ease, which last in 1874 was repaired and adorned with a handsome memorial window. Pop. (1871) 312, (1881) 333.
Howwood through time
Howwood is now part of Renfrewshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Renfrewshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Howwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Howwood in Renfrewshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22159
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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