Renton, West Dunbartonshire

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Renton is a village in West Dunbartonshire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Renton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Renton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Renton.-- town and quoad sacra par., Cardross par., Dumbartonshire, on river Leven, 2½ miles N. of Dumbarton by rail - quoad sacra par., pop. 4387; town, pop. 4319; P.O., T.O.; was founded in 1782, and carries on calico-printing, bleaching, and dyeing. Tobias Smollett (1721-1771), the novelist, was born in the neighbourhood.

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