Bridge Of Weir
Bridge of Weir is a village within the Renfrewshire council area as well as larger historical region of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Existing within the Gryffe Valley as well as giving a crossing factor for the River Gryffe, the town today serves largely as a dormitory settlement for close-by Glasgow and Paisley although it maintains an industrial centre of its very own and also some light market. The first forms of the village happened with the increase of the West of Scotland cotton sector. From around 1793 the river Gryffe was being used to power many cotton rotating and blanket making mills. One of the most considerable sector to arise in the town was natural leather. At its productivity peak the tiny village sustained three tanneries. The leather market makes it through to this particular day, now on a solitary site, in the form of a highly effective, contemporary facility with 5 Queen's Awards for International Business.
