The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... Town Council enacted that " sic persons that willfulie remains fra the Kirk in tyme of ser- mount on the Sonday ... town ; and in 1588 , the Town Council of Glasgow found it necessary to forbid any of its inhabitants going to Paisley on ...
... Town Council enacted that " sic persons that willfulie remains fra the Kirk in tyme of ser- mount on the Sonday ... town ; and in 1588 , the Town Council of Glasgow found it necessary to forbid any of its inhabitants going to Paisley on ...
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... Town Council there- fore enacted that any one convicted of peat- stealing was to be put in the stocks for a whole day ; and , if he were twice convicted , he was to be banished the town . The first notice that we find of coal in Paisley ...
... Town Council there- fore enacted that any one convicted of peat- stealing was to be put in the stocks for a whole day ; and , if he were twice convicted , he was to be banished the town . The first notice that we find of coal in Paisley ...
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... town it was found difficult to get a quorum at the Council meet- ings ; it was , therefore , enacted that those councillors who absented themselves from the meetings , of which they were apprised the night before , should be fined ; and ...
... town it was found difficult to get a quorum at the Council meet- ings ; it was , therefore , enacted that those councillors who absented themselves from the meetings , of which they were apprised the night before , should be fined ; and ...
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... Town Council had enacted that " he that shall happen to give his nibour the lee shall pay a fine of 40s , and he that gives his nibour a drye cuff shall pay five pounds , and the committer of bluid ten pounds . In 1806 , the son of Lord ...
... Town Council had enacted that " he that shall happen to give his nibour the lee shall pay a fine of 40s , and he that gives his nibour a drye cuff shall pay five pounds , and the committer of bluid ten pounds . In 1806 , the son of Lord ...
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... town of Paisley has been in use to have ane horse and foot race and now they are informed that the Baillies and council have decryed the same ; and therefore they , as commissioners foresaid for themselves , and in name of the rest of ...
... town of Paisley has been in use to have ane horse and foot race and now they are informed that the Baillies and council have decryed the same ; and therefore they , as commissioners foresaid for themselves , and in name of the rest of ...
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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