The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... Craig , Master of Works , he requiring them to lift stones and timber for the repair of the Tolbooth and other public work , and any one disobeying Robert Craig to be fined 40s . " - · --- The following is a Town Council Record ...
... Craig , Master of Works , he requiring them to lift stones and timber for the repair of the Tolbooth and other public work , and any one disobeying Robert Craig to be fined 40s . " - · --- The following is a Town Council Record ...
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... Craig , John Stewart and Annabel Stewart . The last mentioned was a girl of 14 , and on account of her youth was , throu order of the Secret Council , reprieved for a time from burning . " The four others were hanged , and their bodies ...
... Craig , John Stewart and Annabel Stewart . The last mentioned was a girl of 14 , and on account of her youth was , throu order of the Secret Council , reprieved for a time from burning . " The four others were hanged , and their bodies ...
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... Craig , Alexander Cochran , John Gibson , and Gavin Carswell . These men came to the house of William Kibble of White- ford one night , and rapped at his doors and win- dows , threatening the inmates , if they should dare to come out ...
... Craig , Alexander Cochran , John Gibson , and Gavin Carswell . These men came to the house of William Kibble of White- ford one night , and rapped at his doors and win- dows , threatening the inmates , if they should dare to come out ...
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... Craig's Well , where the newly - elected councillors , bailies , and new burgesses were washed . While walking through the moss , they pulled a number of flowers ; and , on arrival at the Duseing Brae , at the north end of Long Lone ...
... Craig's Well , where the newly - elected councillors , bailies , and new burgesses were washed . While walking through the moss , they pulled a number of flowers ; and , on arrival at the Duseing Brae , at the north end of Long Lone ...
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... Craig occupied the chair , and , after the usual toasts , presented the Provost with three beauti- ful silver salvers , each bearing the following in- scription : - ΤΟ ROBERT FARQUHARSON , Esquire , OF ALLARGUE , PROVOST OF PAISLEY , As ...
... Craig occupied the chair , and , after the usual toasts , presented the Provost with three beauti- ful silver salvers , each bearing the following in- scription : - ΤΟ ROBERT FARQUHARSON , Esquire , OF ALLARGUE , PROVOST OF PAISLEY , As ...
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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