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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 (/ 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.
The NAS changed its name from the Scottish Record Office on 7 January 1999 and is both an associated department and Executive Agency of the Scottish Government, [1] headed by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. The agency is responsible to the Scottish Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture. Its antecedents date back to the 13th ...
However, according to Orr, the earliest record of the name in Ireland is of Richard Orr of Clontarf in 1563. [5] In Scotland, the name is first known to have been recorded in Renfrewshire. Historian Edward MacLysaght suggests that the name in Scotland derives from the parish of Urr in Kirkcudbrightshire. Indeed, the River Urr flowed through the ...
Traditionally the original ancestor of the Clan Cochrane in Scotland was a Scandinavian Viking who settled in what is now known as Renfrewshire, [4] between the eighth and tenth centuries. [2] It is evident that the name is of territorial origin, derived from the lands of Cochrane near Paisley .
Pages in category "History of Renfrewshire" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Renfrew (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Renfrew ...
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It is unclear as to the lineage of the chiefs between 1346 and 1426. James Paterson in his History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton suggests that the family line either died out and a new family stepped in to assume the name, or the name was adopted from an heiress of Ralston. Paterson further suggests that the Stewarts were responsible for ...
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