Renfrewshire
/ (ˈrɛnfruːʃɪə, -ʃə) /
a council area of W central Scotland, on the River Clyde W of Glasgow: corresponds to part of the historical county of Renfrewshire; part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: agricultural and residential, with clothing and manufacturing industries in Paisley. Administrative centre: Paisley. Pop: 170 980 (2003 est). Area: 261 sq km (101 sq miles)
a former county of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; now covered by the council areas of Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, and Inverclyde
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How to use Renfrewshire in a sentence
There, a Scottish official advised me to contact the East Renfrewshire Council.
He also visited a small branch of the Church in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
The Life of John Taylor | B. H. RobertsThe friends journeyed together through Renfrewshire as far as Inchinnan.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayLaw gives the nicknames of the Renfrewshire witches, in the Bangarran Case.
Magic and Witchcraft | AnonymousKilmalcolm is a rural parish in Renfrewshire, and one of the most sequestered.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Samuel Rutherford
Robert Allan was the son of a respectable flax-dresser in the village of Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. | Various
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