BibliographyThe areas that form present day East Renfrewshire have changed over the years along with the many changes made to boundary lines. We have a very useful collection of books on the local history of these areas, many of which can be borrowed. The list below is only a sample of what we have in our libraries, so to find out where they are, how to consult them, and what other books we have on the local history of East Renfrewshire please check the library catalogue.
| Barrhead Community Council | Housing the Heroes 1919 -1939 |
| Barrhead Community Council | Story of James Maxton. (1985) |
| Betts, Rev. Jacqueline | Barrhead Methodist Church Centenary Celebration 1884 -1984 |
| Blair, Anna | Old Giffnock. (2003) |
| Blair, David | Long Slope, Small Hill (Story Of Giffnock). (1973) |
| Bourock Parish Church | Barrhead 150th Anniversary 1846-1990 |
| Brown, Christina | Rural Eaglesham. (1966) |
| Burgess, Moira | Discover Barrhead & Neilston. (1992) |
| Busby History Group And Maud Devine | Old Busby. (2003) |
| Busby West Church | Busby West Church: Looking Down the Years 1836 - 1936 |
| Caldwell Papers: 1. 1496 – 1853, 2. 1733-1764, 3. 1765-1821 | |
| Campbell, Rev. George | History of Eastwood. (1902) |
| Cormack, Ian | Old Eastwood, Giffnock, Thornliebank. (1980) |
| Crawfurd, George | General Description of Renfrewshire. (1818) |
| Deighton, Jane Scott | Eaglesham: An Earl’s Creation. (1974) |
| Devine, Maud | Old Thornliebank. (2005) |
| Eastwood District Libraries | Calico, Cotton & Character: A History of Busby. (1988) |
| Eastwood District Libraries | Crossroads Community: A History of Clarkston. (1988) |
| Eastwood District Libraries | Crum’s Land: A History of Thornliebank. (1988) |
| Eastwood District Libraries | Fairest Parish: A History of Mearns. (1988) |
| Eastwood District Libraries | A Planned Village: A History of Eaglesham. (1988) |
| Eastwood District Libraries | Sandstone to Suburbia: A History of Giffnock. (1988) |
| Fleming, Alexander | Minister of Neilston Parish |
| Hughson, Irene | Barrhead & Neilston in Old Picture Postcards. (1993) |
| Hughson, Irene | Bygone Barrhead. (1993) |
| Hughson, Martin | John Robertson Engineer: Designer of the Comet’s Engine. (1989) |
| Laws, John | Neilston Story. (1994) |
| Loudon, Anne | Old Newton Mearns. (2004) |
| McDonald, Hugh | Rambles Round Glasgow. (1856) |
| McWhirter, James | And Still It Lowes: Barrhead South Church |
| McWhirter, James | History of Barrhead Co-operative Society Ltd: 1861 – 1961. (1962) |
| McWhirter, James | Lest We Forget: Story of Burgh of Barrhead 1894 – 1975. (1994) |
| McWhirter, James | Mine Ain Grey Toon: A Story of Barrhead from PreHistoric Times to 1914. (1970) |
| Metcalfe, William | History of the County of Renfrew. (1905) |
| Millar, A. H. | Castles & Mansions of Renfrewshire. (1889) |
| Mitchell, J. | Two Old Glasgow Firms: William Connel and the Crums |
| Mitchell, John & Sheila | Monumental Inscriptions in Renfrewshire Pre-1855 |
| Murray, Robert | Annals of Barrhead. (1941) |
| Murray, Robert | History of Barrhead Co-op Society: 1861 - 1936. (1937) |
| Nisbet, Douglas | Village of Netherlee and District. (1992) |
| Nisbet, Stuart & Welsh, Thomas | Robert Allason & Greenbank. (1992) |
| One Hundred Years of Caldwell: Story of Caldwell Parish Church: 1889 – 1989 | |
| Pride, David | History of the Parish of Neilston. (1910) |
| Rae, Ella | Mearns: The Changing Years. (1987) |
| Ross, Rev. William | Busby And Its Neighbourhood. (1883) |
| Scott, A. Boyd | Old Days and Ways in Newton Mearns. (1939) |
| Scottish Women’s Rural Institute | Uplawmoor: A Village History Book. (1968) |
| Shanks, Gilbert | The First Hundred Years, 1851 – 1951 |
| Strang, J. | A History of Mearns Parish. (1939) |
| Uplawmoor History Group | Old Uplawmoor. (2004) |
| Welsh, Dr Thomas | Eastwood District History & Heritage. (1989) |
| Whyte, Elaine | Arthurlie Parish Church: 200 Years of Worship 1793 – 1993. (1993) |
