The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... cross , with stairs round it , standing on a slight elevation at the Knock , said to mark the spot where the tragical death and birth took place . This monument was called Queen Blearie's Cross . " The wife of the Steward , how- ever ...
... cross , with stairs round it , standing on a slight elevation at the Knock , said to mark the spot where the tragical death and birth took place . This monument was called Queen Blearie's Cross . " The wife of the Steward , how- ever ...
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... cross . For this they met with the dis- pleasure of the King ; but , nothing daunted , they returned on a market day and " violently dang doun the cross , and forcibly seized a quar- ter of beef for a pennie of custome , ane cabock of ...
... cross . For this they met with the dis- pleasure of the King ; but , nothing daunted , they returned on a market day and " violently dang doun the cross , and forcibly seized a quar- ter of beef for a pennie of custome , ane cabock of ...
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... account . On the 29th of April , 1596 , James Mathie and Alexander Cochran were ordered by the magis- trates to make a distribution of meal at the Cross for making use of wrong measures . THE TOWN OF PAISLEY : In 1597 the Queen of.
... account . On the 29th of April , 1596 , James Mathie and Alexander Cochran were ordered by the magis- trates to make a distribution of meal at the Cross for making use of wrong measures . THE TOWN OF PAISLEY : In 1597 the Queen of.
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... Cross with a paper on each of their heads , on which was written the nature of their crime , and whipped by the parents to the effu- sion of blood . In 1607 , Andro Hamilton delated John Hall . before the Presbytery " for profanation of ...
... Cross with a paper on each of their heads , on which was written the nature of their crime , and whipped by the parents to the effu- sion of blood . In 1607 , Andro Hamilton delated John Hall . before the Presbytery " for profanation of ...
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... Cross , and fined five pounds . " " In 1612 , the Town Council resolved to erect an hospital or almshouse . The materials for the building were taken from a ruinous chapel at the head of Castle Street . The hospital was for the ...
... Cross , and fined five pounds . " " In 1612 , the Town Council resolved to erect an hospital or almshouse . The materials for the building were taken from a ruinous chapel at the head of Castle Street . The hospital was for the ...
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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