Hawkhead (Scots: Hauchheid, Scottish Gaelic: Ceann an Dail)[1] is an area near Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
It is near Dykebar, Hunterhill and Blackhall neighbourhoods and is the source of the name of Hawkhead railway station on the Paisley Canal Line, although the station is some distance to the north of the residential area, on the opposite side of a cleared industrial zone (formerly a BASF plant) and a large cemetery, also named Hawkhead.
Their seat was Hawkhead House,[2] constructed in the 17th century[3] and part of Leverndale Hospital from 1914 until it was demolished in 1953.
[4] Its nearby associated farm dating from the late 18th century still exists and is Category C listed since 1997,[5] although its owner in the early 21st century was using the property as a scrapyard[6] (having been banned from keeping animals due to neglect).
[7] Following the death in 1754 of William, the 14th and last Lord Ross, the Halkhead estates devolved upon his sisters and passed eventually into the family of the Earls of Glasgow.