| DATE | EVENT | RELATED PLACE |
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| B.C. | Brythonic Celts in Levern Valley | Barrhead |
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| A.D. | Damnonil at Fereneze; Maeatae on Mearns Moor. (Tacitus) | Barrhead |
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| 6th Century | | |
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| 6th Century | Arthur Pyndragon in the Levern Valley | Barrhead |
| | St Conval. St. Fernum. Settlement at Fereneze | Barrhead |
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| 9th Century | | |
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| 9th Century | Norsemen raid Strathgryffe as far as Paisley. | Renfrewshire |
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| 10th Century | | |
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| 10th Century | Gaelic speech still current in Levern Valley. | Barrhead |
| 900-1000 | Capelrig Cross erected at Capelrig, Newton Mearns | Newton Mearns |
| | Cross at Lyoncross near Neilston | Neilston |
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| 12th Century | | |
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| 1161 | Name "Neilston" known. | Neilston |
| 1163 | Walter Fitzalan from Shropshire appointed High Steward of Scotland by David I. He was feudal overlord of Strathgryffe, including Levern Valley. | Barrhead |
| 1163 | Walter Fitzalan founds Paisley Abbey. | Paisley |
| 1170 | Sir Robert de Croc granted fief of Levern Valley. | Barrhead |
| 1170 | Crookston Castle now being built. | Glasgow |
| 1172 | Robert de Montgomerie and High Steward died. Robert had obtained the manor of Eaglesham from the High Steward | Eaglesham |
| 1180 | Lazar House founded by Sir Robert de Croc between Crookston and Neilston, probably at Chappell. | Neilston |
| 1189-1199 | Helia de Perthic founds the first Mearns Parish Church | Mearns |
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| 13th Century | | |
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| 1200 | Marion de Croc married to Walter, grandson of the High Steward. | Barrhead |
| 1208 | Boundaries of Mearns traced in a charter in which Dalmulin on Ayr (where Walter Fitzallan, Steward of Scotland, founded a monastry) is described as being in the district of Mearns. | Mearns |
| 1271 | Maccusville granted Farm of Dubbs. | Barrhead |
| 1294 | Thomas, the Brewer in Salterland Farm. | Barrhead |
| 1296 | William Wallace reputed to have passed along Humbie right of way, which was Couch Road between Glasgow (via Cathcart and Mearns Castle) to Kilmarnock | Mearns |
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| 14th Century | | |
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| 1314 | Bannockburn. Men of Levern present under the High Steward. | Barrhead |
| 1350 | Black Death in the Levern Valley. | Barrhead |
| 1371 | Stewarts ascended throne –Montgomeries became tenant “in capito”. Robert Maxwell, Lord of Mearns, granted lands of Dryppis to his kinsman Sir John Maxwell, Lord of Nether Pollok. | Mearns |
| 14th Century | Parish of Eastwood became known by that name, anciently known as Pollok | Eastwood |
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| 15th Century | | |
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| 15th Century | Mid 15th century Caldwell Tower built | Uplawmoor |
| 1414 | Shire of Renfrew mentioned in the records. | Renfrew |
| 1449 | Alexander Stewart of Rais. Tower of Rais in existence. | Barrhead |
| 1449 | Mearns Castle built for Lord Herbert Maxwell of Carlaverock. | Mearns |
| 1452 | Arthurlie Estate in possession of Walter Stewart of Darnley. | Barrhead |
| 1477 | Lands of Glanderston in possession of Sir John Maxwell of Pollok. | Barrhead |
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| 16th Century | | |
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| 1507 | John Spreul graduates from Glasgow University. | Glasgow |
| 1528 | Manor house of Eglinton burnt to the ground by Cunningham | Eaglesham |
| 1530 | Hugh Montgomery, Master of Eglinton, granted the lands in and around Thornliebank, described as Birkenshaw in title deeds. | Thornliebank |
| 1548 | 13th May, Battle of Langside | Glasgow |
| 1565 | Marriage of Henry, Lord Darnley to Mary Queen of Scots. | |
| 1572 | Revd. Patrick Hamilton, first minister of the combined parishes of Neilston, Mearns and Kilbarchan. | Neilston, Mearns |
| 1574 | Scripture Reader in Neilston Parish. Parish school, under Scripture Reader. | Neilston |
| 1588 | Plague and Famine in Neilston Parish. | Neilston |
| 1596 | Eaglesham transferred to Presbytery of Glasgow | Eaglesham, Glasgow |
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| 17th Century | | |
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| 1603 | Union of the Crowns. | |
| 1637 | James Woodrow, Prof of Divinity at College of Glasgow, born Eaglesham. Father of Robert, Historian and Minister of Eastwood 1703. | Eaglesham, Eastwood |
| 1650 | Cromwell in Glasgow. Sermon by Revd. Zachary Boyd. | Glasgow |
| 1666 | Covenanters muster at Shitterflats near Beith, Rullion Green. Local Covenanters rounded up and shipped to America. Ship was wrecked on Orkney Islands. | Neilston |
| 1672 | Conventicles at Mearns, Eaglesham and Lochgoyne. | Mearns, Eaglesham |
| 1676 | Conventicles at Communion Hill, Neilston. | Neilston |
| 1685 | 1st May, Eaglesham Covenanters murdered. | Eaglesham |
| 1686 | A Parliamentary Act of James VII passed for buying in Scot’s linen to “encourage linen manufacturers in the kingdom” | |
| 1695-1703 | Seven black years of famine in Levern Valley. | Barrhead |
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| 18th Century | | |
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| 18th Century | Eaglesham Parish School, situated in Gilmour Street, had average attendance of 73 | Eaglesham |
| 1707 | Handloom weaving and bleaching rapid increase in Mearns. | Mearns |
| 1712 | Patronage Act. Principal heritor of Neilston Parish is the sole patron. | Neilston |
| 1715 | Jacobite Rising. Renfrewshire Militia hunts Rob Roy. | Renfrewshire |
| 1715 | Netherplace Mill built. | Mearns |
| 1729 | Neilston Society of Dissenters links up with Mearns. | Neilston, Mearns |
| 1733 | Polnoon Lodge built, hunting lodge of the Montgomeries | Eaglesham |
| 1738 | Alexander Moncrieff preaches dissent in Neilston. | Neilston |
| 1740 | Famine in Neilston Parish. | Neilston |
| 1745 | Jacobite Rebellion. Renfrewshire Militia present at Falkirk. Robert Maxwell of Dubbs present at this battle. | Renfrewshire |
| 1747 | Local seceders join up with Greyfriars Secession Church, Shuttle Street, Glasgow. | Glasgow |
| 1750 | Branch parochial school in Lower Levern. | Barrhead |
| 1750 | Stewart Wilson builds a cottage on the Lowndes Estate. Name "Barrhead" used for the first time. | Barrhead |
| 1750 | Potatoes first introduced to Eastwood | Eastwood |
| 1763 | Greenbank House in Clarkston built, Category “A” listed | Clarkston |
| 1765 | Bleaching introduced to Lower Levern | Barrhead |
| 1765 | Linn Cottage, Eaglesham; built as huntsman’s cottage | Eaglesham |
| 1769 | Eaglesham Village re-built 1769 as a planned village | Eaglesham |
| 1770 | Calico Printing introduced at Corsemill. | Barrhead |
| 1772 | Map shows that Greenbank Estate covered much of present day Clarkston. | Clarkston |
| 1773 | Fereneze Printfield; later "Boyd's Field". | Barrhead |
| 1780 | Levern Mills opened. | Barrhead |
| 1780 | Cotton Spinning Mill erected at Busby | Busby |
| 1786 | Charles Tenant used bleaching powder at Waulkmill. | Barrhead |
| 1789 | Alexander and James Crum bought small muslin factory from Robert Osborne; continued as Calico Printers until 1893 when it passed to Calico Printing Association | Thornliebank |
| 1790 | Lower Mill, Busby built by James Doxon | Busby |
| 1791 | Earl of Eglinton has a cotton mill constructed on the Orry, Eaglesham | Eaglesham |
| 1792 | Crofthead Mill, Neilston built by Stewart, Orr & Co. | Neilston |
| 1793 | Local seceders transfer to Pollokshaws Secession Church. | Pollokshaws |
| 1796 | Walter Crum of Thornliebank born, son of Alexander Crum, pioneered application of chemistry to calico printing | Thornliebank |
| 1796 | Barrhead Associate Secession Church opened. Irish immigration begins after the Battle of the Diamond. | Barrhead |
| 1796 | Busby House originally built 1796, Durham Kippen commissioned “Greek” Thomson to remodel and extend the house in 1856. | Busby |
| 1798 | Robert Pollok, poet, born 19th Oct at North Moorhouse, Eaglesham | Eaglesham |
| 1799 | Busby House (Dr Moore’s home) originally built 1799, demolished 1960’s. | Busby |
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| 19th Century | | |
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| 1802 | First gas lamp erected in area, Gas Works Lane, Eaglesham | Eaglesham |
| 1808 | Mansion House of Arthurlie built by Gavin Ralston. | Barrhead |
| 1813 | Mearnskirk church erected | Mearns |
| 1814 | William Gemmill, local sculptor, born in Eaglesham | Eaglesham |
| 1818 | Bleach and print works built in Mearns and Netherplace, Wellmeadow and Tofts, also silk print works at Hazeldene. | Mearns |
| 1818 | Arthurlie House built on instruction of Henry Dunlop, mill master of Levern Mills. | Barrhead |
| 1819 | Demonstration at Meikleriggs Moor, Paisley. Barrhead contingent present, headed by Barrhead Instrumental Band | Barrhead |
| 1820 | Turnpike Road from Glasgow via Barrhead to Irvine, Kilmarnock and Ayr. Tollhouse at Dovecothall. | Barrhead |
| 1825 | Levern Mechanics Institution. | Barrhead |
| 1830 | Barrhead Fair in existence. | Barrhead |
| 1831 | Masonic Lodge, "Union and Crown" opened. | Barrhead |
| 1833 | Barrhead Gas Company | Barrhead |
| 1833 | Nellie’s Toll or Eastwood Toll was established. | Giffnock |
| 1835 | Sandstone first quarried in Giffnock | Giffnock |
| 1841 | Bourock Church opened. Revd. Alexander Salmon. | Barrhead |
| 1841 | South Arthurlie Printfield aquired by Zecariah Heys. Bourock School under "Stumpy" Cochrane. St John's Roman Catholic Church opened. Revd. James Purcell. | Barrhead |
| 1842 | Bursting of the Glanderston Dam, 30 Dec 1842. Seven people drowned | Barrhead |
| 1843 | The Disruption. Barrhead Free Church founded. | Barrhead |
| 1844 | Morrisonian congregation meeting in Neilston. | Neilston |
| 1845 | New system of Poor Relief. Poor house opened in Busby. | Busby |
| 1845-1849 | Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Railway. Opened 1849. | Glasgow, Barrhead, Neilston |
| 1850s | Mansion House, now Eastwood House, built | Giffnock |
| 1851 | Victoria Pit Disaster, Nitshill. | Nitshill |
| | Bourock Clock and Bell installed. John Shanks was contractor for sheet-metal and plumber work. | Barrhead |
| 1853 | Morrisonian Church opened in Arthurlie Street, Barrhead. | Barrhead |
| 1854 | Glasgow coal mining firm, Baird & Stevenson, took over quarrying operations at Giffnock | Giffnock |
| 1856 | John Shanks, Plumber in business in Main Street. | Barrhead |
| 1857 | Police Force in Barrhead. | Barrhead |
| 1858 | Thornliebank House, first Birkenshaw House, later Rouken Glen Mansion House, reconstructed by Walter Crum. | Giffnock |
| 1859 | Eaglesham House built at Riverside for the Gilmour Family, who bought the lands in 1844 | Eaglesham |
| 1861 | Barrhead Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. | Barrhead |
| 1861 | Barrhead Co-op established | Barrhead |
| 1865 | Gorbals Water Works. Gravitational water supply to Barrhead. | Barrhead |
| 1867 | Glasgow to Busby, then East Kilbride, railway line opened by Busby Rail Company | Busby |
| 1868 | Shanks and Company. Tubal Works, Main Street. | Barrhead |
| 1869 | Cardinal Manning visited St John's Roman Catholic School in Water Road | Barrhead |
| 1871 | Allan Rodger, Headmaster of Barrhead Public School under the Parish of Neilston School Board. Barrhead Young Man's Christian Association. | Barrhead |
| 1872 | Education (Scotland) Act was passed making education compulsory for all children aged 5-13 | |
| 1874 | Croyland, originally Rysland, designed by Alexander “Greek” Thomson. | Mearns |
| 1875 | Shanks and Company, Sanitary Engineers. | Barrhead |
| 1876 | Cross Arthurlie School. Headmaster, Alexander Jamieson. | Barrhead |
| 1877 | Thornliebank School opened | Thornliebank |
| 1877 | Former Uplawmoor Primary School built, now used as library and youth club. | Uplawmoor |
| 1880 | Arthurlie Football Club. | Barrhead |
| 1880 | St Joseph’s RC Church in Clarkston is built | Clarkston |
| 1885 | James Maxton M.P. born in Pollokshaws | Pollokshaws |
| 1887 | Grahamston Public School opened; headmaster, James Maxton Senior.Residential Giffnock began to develop around the station and Eastwood Toll | Barrhead |
| 1888 | James Maxton M.P. moves to Barrhead | Barrhead |
| 1889 | Toll Bar at Dovecothall abolished. | Barrhead |
| 1890’s | Residential Giffnock began to develop around the station and Eastwood Toll | Giffnock |
| 1892 | Gas first introduced to Giffnock | Giffnock |
| 1892 | Kate Cranston marries John Cochrane, Ironmaster and Barrhead’s third provost | Barrhead |
| 1892 | Rhuallan House built for William Brown, a coal merchant. | Giffnock |
| 1893 | Alexander Crum dies | Thornliebank |
| 1894 | Burgh of Barrhead established. Provost William Shanks. | Barrhead |
| 1894 | Crum Memorial Library opened | Thornliebank |
| 1895 | Neilston Parish Council | Neilston |
| 1895 | Redhurst House built of local Giffnock brick by Mr & Mrs Yuille | Giffnock |
| 1896 | Orchardhill Church opened, “B” listed building. | Giffnock |
| 1897 | Crum Memorial Library formerly opened 5th January 1897 | Thornliebank |
| 1897 | Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Celebrations for school children at Fereneze Braes. | Barrhead |
| 1897 | Arthurlie defeated Celtic in first round of Scottish Cup. | Barrhead |
| 1897 | Last shallow well filled in. | Barrhead |
| 1897 | Present Thornliebank School building opened 5th January 1897 | Thornliebank |
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| 20th Century | | |
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| 1900 | Boer War. Mafeking Night celebrations. | |
| 1900 | Robert Pollok monument unveiled at Loganswell, 24th Sept | Eaglesham |
| 1901 | Busby Printworks closed down | Busby |
| 1901 | Factory (1901) Act consolidates previous health and safety issues | |
| 1902 | Calico Printers' Association acquired Heys' Print Works. | Barrhead |
| 1904 | Paisley Tramways reached Barrhead. | Barrhead |
| 1904 | William Graham Crum sold Rouken Glen Estate to Cameron Corbett M.P. for Glasgow (later Lord Rowallan) | Giffnock |
| 1904 | Levern Mechanics Institution acquired by Barrhead Co-operative Society. | Barrhead |
| 1904 | Death in office of Provost Zechariah John Heys. | Barrhead |
| 1905 | First tram to Giffnock | Giffnock |
| 1906 | 1st May, Lord Rowallan donated the grounds of Rouken Glen to the Corporation of Glasgow for the people of Glasgow (officially opened 26th May). | Giffnock |
| 1906 | Barrhead Higher grade School opened as an extension of Barrhead Public School. Allan Rodger, first headmaster. | Barrhead |
| 1906 | 1st Barrhead Company, The Boys Brigade. | Barrhead |
| 1908 | 1st Barrhead Troop, Boy Scouts. | Barrhead |
| 1908 | 1st Barrhead Company Girl Scouts. | Barrhead |
| 1909 | MacTaggart & Mickell associated with building in Clarkston since 1909. | Clarkston |
| 1910 | Paisley District Tramways Co. opened Barrhead to Spiersbridge line. | Barrhead, Thornliebank |
| 1910 | Cowan Park bequested by James Cowan of Rosshall | Barrhead |
| 1911 | Last horse bus between Newton Mearns and Eastwood Toll | Newton Mearns, Giffnock |
| 1914 | Outbreak of First World War. | |
| 1914 | Lord Weir bought Eastwood Estate including Mansion House. | Giffnock |
| 1921 | First tram to Clarkston | Clarkston |
| 1929 | The Orry, land bought by Eaglesham Parish Council from Angus Gilmour | Eaglesham |
| 1929 | 24th Dec Thornliebank Printworks closed | Thornliebank |
| 1930 | Pilmuir Quarry opened 15th May on site of North Hillhead Farm | Mearns |
| 1934 | Giffnock Synagogue in May Terrace is built | Giffnock |
| 1934-35 | Williamwood scheme built | Williamwood |
| 1936 | Tudor Cinema built by Alex Frutin, on Fenwick Rd where Safeways now stands | Giffnock |
| 1936-38 | Orchard Park scheme built | Orchard Park, Giffnock |
| 1937 | Factory Act limited workers under the age of 16 to a 44 hour week | |
| 1939-45 | Second World War | |
| 1940 | Crum Library used as a Forces canteen | Thornliebank |
| 1941 | 10th May, Rudolf Hess, 48 years old, landed in field near Floors Farm, Eaglesham. Supposedly on his way to see the Duke of Hamilton. | Eaglesham |
| 1953 | Last tram to Clarkston 5th July | Clarkston |
| 1957 | Rhuallan House gifted by the British Legion to the District Council in 1957 | Giffnock |
| 1960 | Last gas lamp disconnected, now at 272 Fenwick Road, Giffnock | Giffnock |
| 1960 | Eaglesham becomes a listed village | Eaglesham |
| 1962 | Eastwood Toll reconstructed | Giffnock |
| 1963 | Thornliebank House, later Rouken Glen Mansion House, demolished | Giffnock |
| 1968 | County Council bought 60 acres of Eastwood Park and Mansion House (Eastwood House) | Giffnock |
| 1971 | 21st October, gas explosion in Clarkston shopping centre, 22 killed. | Clarkston |
| 1975 | Local Government reorganisation, Eastwood District created. County, District and Town Councils abolished. | Eastwood |
| 1976 | Greenbank House, Clarkston gifted to the National Trust for Scotland | Clarkston |
| 1984 | Rouken Glen officially under authority of Eastwood District Council | Eastwood |
| 1987 | The Thumb retirement flats built at Eastwood Toll | Giffnock |
| 1995 | Statue House, Eaglesham acquired by Eastwood Council | Eaglesham |
| 1996 | East Renfrewshire Council created as a result of local government reorganisation in April 1996 | East Renfrewshire |
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