Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire, a south-western county of Scotland; faces the Firth of Clyde on the W., between Ayr on the S. and SW., and the river Clyde on the N.; bordered on the E. by Lanark; hilly on the W. and S., flat on the E.; is watered by the Gryfe, the Black Cart, and the White Cart; dairy-farming is carried on in extensive scale, stimulated by the proximity of Glasgow; nearly two-thirds of the county is under cultivation; coal and iron are mined, and in various parts the manufacture of thread, cotton, chemicals, shipbuilding, &c., is actively engaged in.

Population (circa 1900) given as 291,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Renfrew * Rennell, James
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Remonstrants
Remus
Rémusat, Abel
Rémusat, Charles, Comte de
Renaissance
Renaix
Renan, Ernest
Rendsburg
René I.
Renfrew
Renfrewshire
Rennell, James
Rennes
Rennie, John
Rente
Renton
Renwick, James
Repealer
Replica
Repoussé
Repton

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