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Reinden House, Alkham par., Kent, 4 miles NE. of
Folkestone.

Relsk, par., in co. and 6 miles SE. of Waterford,
3826 ac., pop. 607.

Reiss, vil., in par. and 4 miles NW. of Wick, Caith-
ness ; P.O.

Rellckinurry. See Athassel and Relickmurry.

Relly Mill, paperworks, in co. and 14 m. from Durham.

Relubbas, vil., Cornwall, 3m. NE. of Marazion; P.O.

Relngas, seat, Edinkillie par., Elginshire, on river
Findhorn, 3 miles NW. of Dunphail sta.; P.O.

Reinenham, par. and vil. (Remenham Hill), Berks,
on river Thames, 1 mile NE. of Henley on Thames,
1573 ac., pop. 617 ; near vil. is Remenham Place, seat.

Remenham House, seat, Bucks; post-town, Wrays-
bury.

Reinilton, vil., Abdie par., Fife, near Newburgh.

Rempstone, par. and vil., Notts, on border of co.,
34 miles NE. of Loughborough, 1660 ac., pop. 314; P.O.;
near vil. is Rempstone Hall, seat.

Rempstone Hall, seat, near Wareham, Dorset.

Rendall, hamlet, Evie and Rendall par., Pomona,
Orkney, 12 miles NW. of Kirkwall; P.O.

Rendcombe, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, 5 miles
N. of Cirencester, 2532 ac., pop. 211; near vil. is Rend"
combe Park, seat.

Rendham, par. and vil., Suffolk, 3 miles NW. of
Saxmundham, 1721 ac., pop. 367 ; P.O.

Rendlcshain, par. and vil., Suffolk, on river De-
ben, 4 miles NE. of Woodbridge, 2020 ac., pop. 354;
Rendieshani Hall is the seat of Lord Rendlesham.

Renenrling Hill (Cronk Urleigh), eminence, Isle
of Man, 1 mile SE. of Kirkmichael; was the ancient
Tynwald Hill.

Renfrew, parl., royal, and police burgh, par., and
co. town of Renfrewshire, on S. bank of river Clyde, 3
miles NE. of Paisley and 5 W. of Glasgow by rail—par.,
4311 ac., pop. 7439 ; royal burgh, pop. 5115 ; parl. and
police burgh, pop. 5503; town, pop. 4855; P.O., T.O.,
1 Bank. Renfrew was made a royal burgh in 1396, and
in 1404 gave the title of baron to the heir-apparent of
the Scottish throne, a title which is still borne by the
Prince of Wales. Shipbuilding and weaving are the
chief industries. Renfrew is one of the Kilmarnock
Burghs, which return 1 member; its parliamentary
limits were extended in 1885.

Renfrewshire, maritime co., in SW. of Scotland,
bounded N. by the river Clyde and Dumbartonshire,
E. by Lanarkshire, S. by Ayrshire, and W. by the Firth
of Clyde ; greatest length, NW. and SE., 31 miles ;
greatest breadth, NE. and SW., 14 miles; area, 156,785
ac., pop. 263,374. The principal streams, all flowing to
the Clyde, are the Black Cart, the White Cart, and the
Gryfe. The surface in the S. and SW. parts of the co.
is hilly, and somewhat bleak and moorish; it thence
undulates to the banks of the Clyde, along which there
is some rich and low-lying land. (For agricultural
statistics, see Appendix.) Coal, ironstone, and lime-
stone are abundant; copper ore occurs near Gourock
and Lochwinnoch. The principal industries, besides
mining and agriculture, are the mfr. of cotton and
thread, sugar-refining, and shipbuilding. The co. com-
prises 20 pars, with parts of 4 others, the parl. and
police burghs of Greenock (1 member), Paisley (1
member), and Port Glasgow and Renfrew (part of
the Kilmarnock Burghs), the police burghs (suburban
of Glasgow) of Crosshill, Kinning Park, Pollokshields,
and Pollokshields East, and the police burghs of
Gourock, Johnstone, and Pollokshaws. For parlia-
mentary purposes the co. is divided into 2 divisions—
viz., Eastern and Western—each returning 1 member.
The representation of the county was increased from 1
to 2 members in 1885.

Renhold, par. and vil., in co. and 3| miles NE. of
Bedford, 2165 ac., pop. 516 ; P.O.

Renishaw, vil., Eckington par., Derbyshire, 011 river
Rother, near Eckington sta., 64 miles NE. of Chester-
field ; P.O., T.o.; in vicinity is Renishaw Hall, seat.

Rennington, eccl. dist. and township, Embleton
par., Northumberland, 3| miles NE. of Alnwick—dist.
(Rennington with Rock), pop. 565 ; township, 1773
ac., pop. 294.

Renton.—town and quoad sacra par., Cardross par.,


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