The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... boat 3s 4d anchorage . Burgesses were only required to pay the half . Education in the 17th century must have been at a very low ebb , for when a resolution passed by the Town Council in 1683 , requiring the sig natures of all the ...
... boat 3s 4d anchorage . Burgesses were only required to pay the half . Education in the 17th century must have been at a very low ebb , for when a resolution passed by the Town Council in 1683 , requiring the sig natures of all the ...
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... boat to Glasgow , to a Dr Brisbane . On her way 66 thither , she astonished all by vomiting hair of different colours , some plaited , some knotted . But her most extraordinary feat was in presence of the doctor , whom she surprised by ...
... boat to Glasgow , to a Dr Brisbane . On her way 66 thither , she astonished all by vomiting hair of different colours , some plaited , some knotted . But her most extraordinary feat was in presence of the doctor , whom she surprised by ...
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... boats , and four pinnaces from war vessels lying there . They were then joined by a large boat with two large screw guns , from Port - Glasgow , and then by three more boats from Dumbarton . All things having been got ready , the boats ...
... boats , and four pinnaces from war vessels lying there . They were then joined by a large boat with two large screw guns , from Port - Glasgow , and then by three more boats from Dumbarton . All things having been got ready , the boats ...
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... boat was top heavy and capsized , throwing nearly two hundred per- sons into the water . She instantly righted , and many were saved by taking hold of the boat , whilst others reached the bank , Eighty - five lives were lost . In 1811 ...
... boat was top heavy and capsized , throwing nearly two hundred per- sons into the water . She instantly righted , and many were saved by taking hold of the boat , whilst others reached the bank , Eighty - five lives were lost . In 1811 ...
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... boats also plied between Paisley and Glas- gow , carrying about 33,700 each year . The fares by the Canal boats were 9d cabin , steerage 6d . Two boats left Paisley and returned each day , and on Wednesdays three . There were also ...
... boats also plied between Paisley and Glas- gow , carrying about 33,700 each year . The fares by the Canal boats were 9d cabin , steerage 6d . Two boats left Paisley and returned each day , and on Wednesdays three . There were also ...
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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