Renton
"RENTON, town and quoad sacra parish in Vale of Leven, Dumbartonshire.
The town stands 2 miles north of Dumbarton, was founded in 1782, is a seat of
manufacture, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments,
designated of Dumbartonshire, a railway station, a monument
to the novelist Smollett, an Established church, 2 Free churches, a Gaelic Free
church, a public school with about 230 scholars, and a female industrial school with
about 52. Pop. of the town, 4319; of the quoad sacra parish, 4387."
[From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.]
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Last updated: 15th March 2002, 05:13
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