Renfrewshire Archives and Libraries

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For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Scotland Archives and Libraries page.

The council area has the same name as the historic county of Renfrewshire, which had been abolished for local government purposes in 1975, but the modern council area only covers the central part of the historic county. The eastern part of the pre-1975 county is covered by the East Renfrewshire council area, and the western part by the Inverclyde council area.^[1]

Archives[edit | edit source]

Renfrewshire Council Archives
Paisley Central Library
68 High Street
Paisley PA1 2BB UK

Website

Collections include: Census records, OPRs, Electoral registers and voters rolls, Paisley weavers, hammermen, tailors records, monumental inscriptions and mortcloth, Poll tax rolls, hearth tax records, poor law, trade directories. Title deeds, books and journals, cain of Lochwinnoch, Council minutes, Maps, newspapers, Paisley pamphlets, postcards, sasines.

Renfrewshire Heritage Centre
Studio 907
Abbeymill Business Centre
12 Seedhill Road
Paisley PA1 1JS

Telephone: 0141 487 3722
E-mail: heritage@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Website

East Renfrewshire Archives
Williamwood High School
Eaglesham Rd
Clarkston G76 8RF UK
Telephone: 0141 577 3059
Email: craig.geddes@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Website: East Renfrewshire Archives

The archives are stored in the records store at Williamwood High School. We hold the historic records of several of our previous local authorities, and of various other local organisations of historical interest.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Museums[edit | edit source]

Renfrewshire Museums

↑ "Renfrewshire", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrewshire, accessed 29 March 2023.

[1] "Renfrewshire", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrewshire, accessed 29 March 2023.

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