GRAHAMSTOWN, a village (manufacturing), in the
parish of Neilston, Upper ward of the county of Renfrew,
3 miles distant (S. S. E.) from the town of Paisley;
containing 706 inhabitants. Th's village is indebted
for its origin to the introduction of the cotton manufacture
into the district about the year 1790, and to the
erection of an extensive spinning-mill in 1801, by Mr.
Graham, from whom the village takes its name. It Is
neatly built, and principally inhabited by persons employed
in the cotton-works.