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Fereneze or Ferneze. A range of hills on the mutual border of Abbey and Neilston parishes culminating, 1 1/2 mile W by S of Barrhead, at 725 feet above sea-level.
Ferguslie. A western suburb of Paisley. It lies within Paisley parliamentary burgh, and was built on an estate which belonged for some time to the monks of Paisley, but was afterwards divided. An old castle stood on the estate, and has left some remains; and a modern mansion, called Ferguslie House, is now on it. See PAISLEY.
Finlayston House. A mansion in the NW corner of Kilmalcolm parish, near the S shore of the Clyde, 1 1/2 mile W by N of Langbank station, and 3 miles E by S of Port Glasgow. Partly an edifice of the latter half of the 15th century, it was long a residence of the Earls of Glencairn; and, under the fifth or `Good' Earl, was the scene of a notable celebration of the Lord's Supper by John Knox (1556). It is also associated with the name of Alexander Montgomery, a poet who flourished in the time of James VI., and wrote The Cherrie and the Slae; and it commands a brilliant view along the Clyde.--Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 186G.
Fulwood Moss. A former peat-moss in Houston parish, a little W of Houston station, and 3 1/2 miles NW of Paisley. Extending over 98 acres, it was reclaimed by the Glasgow Corporation in 1879-80 at a cost of £4539, no fewer than 1882 waggons, or fully 12,000 tons, of city refuse being shot into the moss. The reclamation, besides giving work to 300 of the unemployed at the time, has proved a financial success, good crops of potatoes, &c., being now raised from what was previously worthless ground. The detritus from the macadamized roads of the city, and its surplus manure, are sent chiefly to this farm.--Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 1866.