{{Infobox UK place , country = Scotland , official_name = Bardrainney , gaelic_name = Bàrr Draighnigh , population = , os_grid_reference = NS339728 , coordinates = {{coord, 55.92, -4.66, display=inline,title , unitary_scotland =

Inverclyde Inverclyde ( sco, Inerclyde, gd, Inbhir Chluaidh, , "mouth of the Clyde") is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the histo ...

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Renfrewshire Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...

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, constituency_scottish_parliament = Greenock and Inverclyde , post_town = PORT GLASGOW , postcode_district = PA14 , postcode_area = PA , dial_code = 01475 Bardrainney is a neighbourhood of

Port Glasgow Port Glasgow ( gd, Port Ghlaschu, ) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 persons. The most recen ...

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. Bardrainney, possibly from the

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

for "hill of thorns", is (post 2000) a housing area, dating from the 1950s and built by the local council, on the hills above Port Glasgow, just to the south of the A761 road to Kilmacolm. The area is called after the farm of that name whose fields the houses occupy.Local History and Heritage
Inverclyde Council. Accessed April 17, 2012. The farm buildings no longer exist, but they were roughly on the site of the house of Alexander Dalzell,

factor Factor, a Latin word meaning "who/which acts", may refer to: Commerce * Factor (agent), a person who acts for, notably a mercantile and colonial agent * Factor (Scotland), a person or firm managing a Scottish estate * Factors of production, suc ...

to the Earls of Glencairn, on the highest spot in the area in the open space at the top end of the present Moss Road, and they may have co-existed with the house. Image:Bardrainney Avenue.JPG, Bardrainney Avenue Image:Bardrainney BISF Houses.JPG,

BISF house The BISF house is a British steel framed house, designed and produced by the British Iron and Steel Federation, and erected around the country from 1946. BISF was an association of steel producers, formed in 1934 in order to provide central plan ...

s before and after renovation Image:Hamilton Bardrainney Church.JPG, Hamilton Bardrainney Church Image:St Mary The Virgin Church Bardrainney.JPG, St Mary The Virgin Episcopal Church

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Housing estates in Scotland Neighbourhoods of Inverclyde Port Glasgow