The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... bank of the river . The Stewards reserved to themselves the elect- ing of the Priors and Abbots , and deposing them when found in fault . Towards the close of the thirteenth century the great forests of oak and beech , which had covered ...
... bank of the river . The Stewards reserved to themselves the elect- ing of the Priors and Abbots , and deposing them when found in fault . Towards the close of the thirteenth century the great forests of oak and beech , which had covered ...
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... banks , and we may judge to what extent from the following record of the Clyde " There was ane great speat in Clyde , the 25 day of November , 1454 , the quilk brocht doun hail housis , bernes , and millis , and put all toun of Govan in ...
... banks , and we may judge to what extent from the following record of the Clyde " There was ane great speat in Clyde , the 25 day of November , 1454 , the quilk brocht doun hail housis , bernes , and millis , and put all toun of Govan in ...
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... Bank of Paisley was com menced . It had at the commencement ten partners . In this year the population was over 19,000 , mostly engaged in the muslin , silk gauze , calico , and linen thread manufactures . In some of the cotton mills ...
... Bank of Paisley was com menced . It had at the commencement ten partners . In this year the population was over 19,000 , mostly engaged in the muslin , silk gauze , calico , and linen thread manufactures . In some of the cotton mills ...
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... bank . The top , however , which was never intended for passengers , unless the inside was full , was crowded : the boat was top heavy and capsized , throwing nearly two hundred per- sons into the water . She instantly righted , and ...
... bank . The top , however , which was never intended for passengers , unless the inside was full , was crowded : the boat was top heavy and capsized , throwing nearly two hundred per- sons into the water . She instantly righted , and ...
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... Banking Co . , ... 31 10 Arthur Welsh & Co . , ... 10 10 Alex . Campbell , 10 0 Joseph Whitehead , 10 0 Adam Keir , 10 0 J. & J. Clark & Co. , 10 0 Union Banking Co. , 31 10 Matthew Brown , 10 0 10 0 Andrew Brown , Wm . Fulton & Co ...
... Banking Co . , ... 31 10 Arthur Welsh & Co . , ... 10 10 Alex . Campbell , 10 0 Joseph Whitehead , 10 0 Adam Keir , 10 0 J. & J. Clark & Co. , 10 0 Union Banking Co. , 31 10 Matthew Brown , 10 0 10 0 Andrew Brown , Wm . Fulton & Co ...
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Abbey Abbot Abercorn appointed Bailies Baillie and Council Barr & M'Nab Barrhead bell boats Brown building built burgesses burgh called Campbell Canal Cart Causeyside cholera Church City of Glasgow Clyde coach Coats Cochran CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. County Craig Cross death died Dunoon Earl Edinburgh Elderslie erected feet Foxbar Gavin Stewart Glasgow Bank Gleniffer Braes Gourock Greenock HISTORICAL SKETCH horse hour inhabitants James John Johnstone Joseph Whitehead July Kelburne Kerr Kilbarchan King kirk Lady Brisbane Lady Kelburne Lord magistrates manufacture meeting Messrs Barr Miss morning named Neilston o'clock Paslay passengers Peter Coats population pounds Scots Presbytery prisoners Provost quhilk race received Renfrew Renfrew Railway Renfrewshire river Robert Saint Mirin sall Scotland Scots Sheriff Sneddon Spiers steamer steeple Stewart stones Stranraer subscriptions taken tion Tolbooth took place Town Council TOWN OF PAISLEY unemployed William Wynd