Bridge Of Weir
Bridge of Weir is a village within the Renfrewshire council area and also larger historical area of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying within the Gryffe Valley and also giving a going across point for the River Gryffe, the town today serves mainly as a dormitory negotiation for close-by Glasgow as well as Paisley although it keeps a business centre of its very own and some light sector. The very first semblances of the town happened with the increase of the West of Scotland cotton industry. From around 1793 the river Gryffe was being made use of to power many cotton spinning as well as blanket making mills. One of the most substantial industry to arise in the village was natural leather. At its efficiency top the tiny village sustained 3 tanneries. The leather market makes it through to this particular day, now on a solitary site, in the form of a highly successful, modern facility with 5 Queen's Awards for International Business.