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Houston (/ ˈ h uː s t ən / HOO-stən; Scots: Houstoun), is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Houston lies within the Gryffe Valley on the banks of the River Gryffe 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Paisley and is the largest settlement in the ...
Paisley is the fifth most populous locality in Scotland, and the largest town by population. Stirling has the smallest population of Scotland's cities. Kilmarnock is the 14th most populous locality in Scotland, and the largest in East Ayrshire. Edinburgh, the capital city, is the second largest locality and settlement by population.
Under the name Houston, the civil parish's boundaries are similar to that of the modern community council area, the most local level of local government in Scotland. [1] The parish is situated in the Gryffe Valley , 5 miles (9 km) north of Paisley , covering an area of 11.9 sq. miles (30.9 km 2 ) [ 2 ] and bordering the parishes of Kilmacolm ...
1633 as a city [14] St Giles' Cathedral. St Giles founded in 1124 by David I of Scotland (or Alexander I) [36] St Cuthbert's Church Granted by David I to Holyrood in 1128. [37] 514,990 Perth: Peairt The Fair City Perth and Kinross: 1124 as a royal burgh [4] 1210 as a royal burgh [38] [39] 1600 as a city [39] (Ended city status in 1975) [40 ...
Edinburgh World Heritage is a charity funded in 1999 through donations, from the City of Edinburgh Council and Historic Scotland, with the role of conserving, enhancing and promoting the city's World Heritage Site. [37] In 2010 it was announced that Edinburgh City Council are considering a 2% "transient guest tax" on visitors staying in larger ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
There are thousands of historic sites and attractions in Scotland.These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles, and early Christian settlements.
Houston House is an 18th-century mansion, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north and east of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland, north of the village of Houston. It incorporates remains of a 16th century castle. [1] Arms of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox