Hawkhead ( sco, Hauchheid, gd, Ceann an Dail)
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. The village is on the Hawkhead Burn and

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, crossed via Hawkhead Bridge. It is near Dykebar, Hunterhill and Blackhall neighbourhoods and is the source of the name of

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on the Paisley Canal Line, although the station is some distance to the north of the residential area, on the opposite side of a cleared industrial zone (formerly a

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plant) and a large cemetery, also named Hawkhead.

History

The area's name is recorded as Halkhead in some older maps and in the historical title of Lord Ross of Halkhead, with the family owning the estate from the 14th century. Their seat was Hawkhead House, constructed in the 17th century and part of

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from 1914 until it was demolished in 1953. Its nearby associated farm dating from the late 18th century still exists and is

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since 1997, although its owner in the early 21st century was using the property as a scrapyard (having been banned from keeping animals due to neglect). Following the death in 1754 of

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, the 14th and last Lord Ross, the Halkhead estates devolved upon his sisters and passed eventually into the family of the

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. John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow had married Elizabeth Ross (16 April 1725 – 9 October 1791), the younger daughter of

George Ross, 13th Lord Ross George Ross, 13th Lord Ross of Halkhead (8 April 1681 – 17 June 1754), was a Scottish nobleman. Origins Ross was the eldest son and heir of William Ross, 12th Lord Ross, who died in 1738, by Agnes, daughter and heiress of Sir John Wilkie of Fou ...

.Sir James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', Volume VII In 1815

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was created Baron Ross of Hawkhead, The 1930s former

Hawkhead Hospital Hawkhead Hospital was a health facility on Hawkhead Road in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The complex is Grade B listed. History The facility, which was designed by Thomas S. Tait in the Art Deco style, opened as the Paisley Infectious Disea ...

(separate from Hawkhead Asylum), which was designed by the modernist architect

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, has been redeveloped as "Hawkhead Village". A secondary school, St Andrew's Academy is located a short way south of the hospital grounds, near the junction of Hawkhead Road and Barrhead Road (A726).

References

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* Lords Ross of Halkhead: * Barons Ross of Hawkhead: {{coord, 55.834, -4.385, display=title Areas in Paisley, Renfrewshire