Ranfurly, Renfrewshire

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For the New Zealand town, see Ranfurly, New Zealand
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Ranfurly (Rann Feòirling in Gaelic) is a small settlement, on the southern edge of Bridge of Weir in Renfrewshire, Scotland.


|It is peculiar that in recent times most Sat-Nav systems (and indeed Multimap) list Ranfurly as apparently being a town between Bridge of Weir and Kilbarchan, in Renfrewshire. Although the Ranfurly name, and indeed estate, originate in this area, there is NO such place identifiable in this part of Renfrewshire. The name lives on in this area principally in the two golf clubs in Bridge of Weir, Ranfurly Castle and Old Course Ranfurly. The links to the Earls of Ranfurly and thence to New Zealand are well known.