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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
The following alternative names exist:
Name | Status | Language | Start | End | Authority |
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RENFREWSHIRE | Preferred | English | The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer | ||
RENFREW | Alternate | English | 1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'. |
This unit was associated with the following other units:
Nature of association | Other unit involved | Type of unit | Authority |
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was succeeded by | RENFREWSHIRE | District/Unitary Authority | The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer |
This unit was part of the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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SCOTLAND Dep | Country | 1975 | 1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'. | |
WEST CENTRAL | Scottish Census Division | Census of Population (Census 1961 Scotland, Vol. 6, Occupation, Industry and Workplace, Part 1, Occupation Tables, p.x.) |
This unit was affected by the following changes:
Date | Type of change | Other unit involved | Area transferred | Authority |
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1891 | was reduced to enlarge | AYRSHIRE | The part of Beith parish previously in Ayr. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892) |
1891 | was reduced to enlarge | AYRSHIRE | The part of Dunlop parish previously in Renfrewshire. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892) |
1891 | was enlarged by gaining part of | LANARKSHIRE | The part of Govan parish previously in Lanark. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 345. |
1891 | was reduced to enlarge | LANARKSHIRE | The part of the burgh and city of Glasgow previously in Renfrewshire. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 345. |
1891 | was enlarged by gaining part of | LANARKSHIRE | The part of Carmunnock parish previously in Lanark. | H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 95. |
15 May 1926 | was reduced to enlarge | GLASGOW ScoCofC | 1931 Census of Scotland, Table 15, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary, 1921-1931'.; The areas annexed from the Counties of Dumbarton and Renfrew were by the same Act transferred to the county of Lanark. |
This unit contained the following units:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Renfrewshire ScoCnty through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish County, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10087971
Date accessed: 07th February 2025