The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... county on pain of receiving the same treat- ment every time he should return . It was quite a common thing to see culprits chained at the jail door to receive the jeers and insults of the mob . In September , 1700 , two men , who had ...
... county on pain of receiving the same treat- ment every time he should return . It was quite a common thing to see culprits chained at the jail door to receive the jeers and insults of the mob . In September , 1700 , two men , who had ...
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... twenty - five lashes . He was then taken back to jail , and imprisoned for five months ; and , after that , taken across the confines of the county by the town's officers , and promised a similar treatment every time he should return .
... twenty - five lashes . He was then taken back to jail , and imprisoned for five months ; and , after that , taken across the confines of the county by the town's officers , and promised a similar treatment every time he should return .
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... county , with the promise of the same kindly attention every time she should return . In 1771 , the population of the town was 5000 . At this time the chief manufacture was silk . Linen was also manufactured , but not exten- sively ...
... county , with the promise of the same kindly attention every time she should return . In 1771 , the population of the town was 5000 . At this time the chief manufacture was silk . Linen was also manufactured , but not exten- sively ...
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... county ; and soon the manufacture of muslin took the place of silk gauze in Paisley . In 1784 , the population was 17,560 . Besides the muslin manufacture , there was also a con- siderable trade in the making of linen thread ; for , in ...
... county ; and soon the manufacture of muslin took the place of silk gauze in Paisley . In 1784 , the population was 17,560 . Besides the muslin manufacture , there was also a con- siderable trade in the making of linen thread ; for , in ...
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... County Buildings was laid with masonic honours . building was completed in 1821 , and cost £ 28,000 , for which the county was assessed . A large ad . dition was afterwards made at an expense of £ 10,000 . It contains a Court House ...
... County Buildings was laid with masonic honours . building was completed in 1821 , and cost £ 28,000 , for which the county was assessed . A large ad . dition was afterwards made at an expense of £ 10,000 . It contains a Court House ...
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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