Renfrew (Scotland)

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Renfrew
Scottish Gaelic Rinn Friù
Street in the city center
Street in the city center
Coordinates 55 ° 52 ′  N , 4 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′  N , 4 ° 24 ′  W
Renfrew (Scotland)
Renfrew
Renfrew
Residents 21,854 2011 census
administration
Post town RENFREW
ZIP code section PA4
prefix 0141
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Renfrewshire
British Parliament Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish Parliament Renfrewshire North and West

Renfrew ( Gaelic : Rinn Friù ) is a town in the Scottish Council Area Renfrewshire and the capital of the Parish of the same name .

geography

Renfrew is on the northeastern edge of Renfrewshire between the cities of Glasgow in the east and Paisley in the southwest. The Clyde delimits Renfrew to the north, the White Cart Water or, after the confluence of the Black Cart Water, the Cart form the western boundary.

history

In the course of the 12th century Renfrew was (as Reinfru ) in the status of Burgh collected. Renfrew was already fortified and owned a castle at that time. The land was administered by Walter FitzAlan , the first High Stewart of Scotland and follower of the Scottish King Malcolm IV. Around 1164 Somerled and his followers sailed down the Clyde to attack FitzAllan's troops at Renfrew. The royal troops won the battle of Renfrew , in which Somerled fell. By Robert III. Renfrew was made a royal burgh in 1396 and was the regional center. Only fragments of the fortifications and church buildings of that time are preserved today.

From 1404 the title of Baron Renfrew was awarded. In 1614 Renfrew is described as the most important port on the Clyde. In the centuries that followed, the development of Renfrew lagged behind that of the surrounding cities and Paisley and Glasgow grew in importance in relation to each other. In the 19th century industrial companies settled in Renfrew. Including shipyards as well as metal producing or processing companies. The Hillington Industrial Estate in the southeast of the city was the first designated industrial estate in Scotland.

At the census of 1841, there were people in Renfrew in 2013. Within 30 years the population doubled to 4,163. Since 1951 the population has only increased slowly from 17,091 to 21,894 in 2011.

traffic

The ferry from Renfrew

Renfrew is directly connected to the trunk road network through the M8 . The A8 runs directly through the city center on its section between Glasgow and Greenock . The A741 runs from the ferry dock at the Clyde in the north to Paisley town center. The ferry, which has been operating for 500 years, connects Renfrew to the Glasgow district of Yoker on the north bank of the Clyde, making it the oldest ferry still in operation in Scotland.

Glasgow International Airport is just west of the city between White and Black Cart Water. Renfrew Airport , located south of the city, was in operation until 1966 . Since the 1830s Renfrew was connected to the railway network by the Paisley and Renfrew Railway with several stations. However, the line has since been abandoned and the nearest train station is now in the Hillington district of Glasgow .

Attractions

Inchinnan Bridge over Black Cart Water

In Renfrew there are a total of five buildings from the highest Scottish monument category A. These include the Renfrew swing bridge , the White Cart Bridge and the Inchinnan Bridge, three road bridges, which together also form a category A monument ensemble. Renfrew's town hall, located in the city center, dates from the 1870s. It is designed in the Victorian style . The neo-Gothic Renfrew Old Parish Church itself is only listed in monument category B. However, it houses two statues that are sorted into category A.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c d e Renfrew. Renfrewshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ a b Renfrew. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 6: (Pet - Zet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, pp. 243-245 .
  4. ↑ Information. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
  5. ↑ 2011 census
  6. ^ Iain Hutchison: The Story of Loganair. Scotland's Airline - the First 25 Years. Western Isles Pub. Co., sl 1987, ISBN 0-906-43714-8 , p. 68.
  7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  8. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  9. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  10. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  11. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  12. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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