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Renfrew (/ ˈ r ɛ n f r uː /; Scots: Renfrew; Scottish Gaelic: Rinn Friù) is a town 6 miles (10 km) west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's former royal house, Renfrew gained royal burgh status in 1397.
Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.The lieutenancy area covers the three modern council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire, and this area is occasionally termed Greater Renfrewshire to distinguish it from the modern council area called Renfrewshire.
Renfrew Castle was situated at the royal burgh of Renfrew, Scotland, which is near the confluence of the River Clyde and the River Cart. The original 12th-century castle was built by Walter fitz Alan , upon a river islet known as the King's Inch .
Paisley Road, Renfrew Trinity Church (Church Of Scotland), Including Boundary Walls, Gates And Gatepiers 55°52′36″N 4°23′25″W / 55.876674°N 4.390154°W / 55.876674; -4.390154 ( Paisley Road, Renfrew Trinity Church (Church Of Scotland), Including Boundary Walls, Gates And Gatepiers
The district was named after the town of Renfrew, a royal burgh which had given its name to the county of Renfrewshire, but the district's largest town and administrative headquarters was Paisley. The district was abolished in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas.
Detail from Maughold IV, [12] a Manx runestone displaying a contemporary sailing vessel. [13] The power of the kings of the Isles lay in their armed galley-fleets. [14]The Battle of Renfrew is attested by sources such as: the fourteenth-century Annals of Tigernach, [15] the fifteenth- to sixteenth-century Annals of Ulster, [16] the twelfth-century Carmen de Morte Sumerledi, [17] the thirteenth ...
The presence of the airport and the proximity to Glasgow means that Renfrewshire supports one of the busiest transport infrastructures in Scotland. The airport is served by the M8 motorway, which terminates in the area, just east of Langbank, and is a major artery between northwest and southwest Scotland, via the Erskine Bridge.
King's Inch and the much smaller Sand Inch were islands lying in the estuarine waters of the River Clyde close to Renfrew in Renfrewshire, Scotland.Due to dredging and a change of the course of the main current of the River Clyde, silting, etc. it has become part of the southern, Renfrewshire side, of the river bank and is now built over.