Renfrewshire (historic)

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a, , and one of the used for  until 1975.

The of Renfrewshire is the  of, however local government in Renfrewshire was based out of , a practice which continued for the smaller  unitary local authority area of today.

Boundaries
Renfrewshire in this context covers the current council areas of, and.

Renfrewshire as a registration county includes several areas annexed to and subsequently enveloped by neighbouring in the. The county is still often used in postal addresses.

The Renfrewshire lieutenancy operates out of the headquarters of East Renfrewshire Council in

History

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The County of Renfrew has its origins in the lordship of.

From 1890, the county was used alongside the other as a unit of local government with its elected. In 1975 Renfrewshire was incorporated for purposes into the  of, composed of  of which Renfrewshire was divided into three: ,  and Inverclyde.

In 1996, local government was again reorganised in Scotland to create the present system of. For these purposes, the districts which made up the county were largely kept and became the council areas of, and  respectively.

In 2002, the charity Plantlife organised a UK-wide competition to categorise s, of which Renfrewshire's is unofficially the.