Shillford or Shilford is a hamlet to the south-west of Barrhead on the Lochlibo Road in East Renfrewshire near Uplawmoor, Scotland in the parish of Neilston.
[4] The shallow ford at the hamlet was formed by the Thorter Burn that ran into a hollow on the old road.
The Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway, is shown with a signal box on this the double track section.
[5] The Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway is shown for the first time with sidings running into Shillford Quarry.
By 1967 the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway is shown as closed and lifted, Shillford Quarry disused, the old toll keeper's house demolished, the mill used as a storage depot, and only one house remaining, 'Viewfield' near the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway on which the signal box has been closed.