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Johnstone (Scots: Johnstoun, [2] Scottish Gaelic: Baile Iain) [3] is a town in the administrative area of Renfrewshire and larger historic county of the same name, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type." [1]
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type." [1]
In Scotland, "locality" refers to a populated area composed of contiguous postcodes with populations of at least 500. [a] [2] The 52 localities with a population over 15,000 are listed below. [1] Glasgow is the most populous locality in Scotland, and also the largest city; Greater Glasgow is the largest settlement.
Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.The lieutenancy area covers the three modern council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire, and this area is occasionally termed Greater Renfrewshire to distinguish it from the modern council area called Renfrewshire.
The Warden's son was Adam Johnstone who was the first Laird of Johnstone. [3] Adam Johnstone fought at the Battle of Sark in 1448. [3] Adam's son fought for James II of Scotland in the desperate struggle against the Clan Douglas and was instrumental in suppressing that rebellion against the Crown. [3]
The PA postcode area, also known as the Paisley postcode area, [2] is a group of 67 postcode districts in western Scotland, within 35 post towns.These cover Renfrewshire (including Paisley, Renfrew, Johnstone, Bishopton, Erskine, Bridge of Weir and Lochwinnoch), Inverclyde (including Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Kilmacolm and Wemyss Bay) and most of Argyll and Bute (including Oban ...
Johnstone Castle's principal claim to fame is a visit by the Polish composer Chopin in 1848. He had been invited by Anne Houston, wife of the then-5th laird of Johnstone Ludovick (1780-1862), as part of his Scottish tour. Anne's sister Jane Wilhelmina Stirling was a student and long-time friend of the composer, and had arranged the tour.