Timeline - NeilstonNeilston
900 - 1000 Cross at Lyoncross near Neilston
1161 Name "Neilston" known.
1180 Lazar House founded by Sir Robert de Croc between Crookston and Neilston, probably at Chappell.
1574 Scripture Reader in Neilston Parish. Parish school, under Scripture Reader.
1588 Plague and Famine in Neilston Parish.
1666 Covenanters muster at Shitterflats near Beith, Rullion Green. Local Covenanters rounded up and shipped to America. Ship was wrecked on Orkney Islands
1676 Conventicles at Communion Hill, Neilston
1712 Patronage Act. Principal heritor of Neilston Parish is the sole patron
1729 Neilston Society of Dissenters links up with Mearns
1738 Alexander Moncrieff preaches dissent in Neilston
1740 Famine in Neilston Parish
1792 Crofthead Mill, Neilston built by Stewart, Orr & Co.
1844 Morrisonian congregation meeting in Neilston
1845-1849 Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Railway. Opened 1849.
1895 Neilston Parish Council
