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Renfrewshire was a county in the west of
Scotland. It also included the burghs of Barrhead, Crosshill, Gourock,
Greenock, Johnstone, Paisley, Pollokshaws, Pollokshields, Pollokshields
East, Port Glasgow, and Renfrew. The burghs of Crosshill, Kinning
Park, Pollokshaws, Pollokshields and Pollokshields East, along with
other areas of the county, were absorbed by the City of Glasgow
in the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half
of the twentieth century. Renfrew County Council was established
by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, taking over powers
from the Commissioners of Supply, County Road Trust, and other local
authorities. The County Council was abolished in 1975 by the Local
Government (Scotland) Act, 1973, and the former county became part
of Strathclyde Region. The Region was abolished in 1996, and the
area which formerly constituted Renfrewshire is now administered
by four local authorities: Renfrewshire Council, East Renfrewshire
Council, Inverclyde Council and Glasgow City Council. Confusingly,
the current Renfrewshire Council administers only a fraction of
the former county of Renfrewshire. Local studies libraries Family History Societies
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