the line. However, since closure of the line developments on the trackbed have included the construction of the A737 (Johnstone bypass); a Morrisons superstore on the site of and housing on the site of Lochwinnoch station. Notable people Mary Barbour, political activist, was born here Campbell Douglas, architect, was born and raised here Prof Thomas Gibson FRSE professor of plastic surgery and bioengineering, born here Agnes Lyle, a ballad singer, lived here in 1825. Hugh McIver, recipient of the Victoria Cross John Stirling (1654–1727), Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly in 1707 References External links Villages in Renfrewshire