The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... called Paslet , Passeleth , Passelay , & c . On King David's retreat from England in 1141 , there accompanied him a young man , called Walter , son of Alan , a Shropshire poten- tate . Walter soon ingratiated himself with the King , was ...
... called Paslet , Passeleth , Passelay , & c . On King David's retreat from England in 1141 , there accompanied him a young man , called Walter , son of Alan , a Shropshire poten- tate . Walter soon ingratiated himself with the King , was ...
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... called them to their duties . " The New town was a village , the old one was non est , The Prior was lord , and his vassals were honest ; The Cart was clear crystal , its pools full of salmon ; No prison held thieves then , no Bailies ...
... called them to their duties . " The New town was a village , the old one was non est , The Prior was lord , and his vassals were honest ; The Cart was clear crystal , its pools full of salmon ; No prison held thieves then , no Bailies ...
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... called the forest of Fereneze , a name that has come down to the present day . No one was allowed to hunt in this forest , and those passing through it had to keep strictly to the tracts . The northern boundary of this preserve was near ...
... called the forest of Fereneze , a name that has come down to the present day . No one was allowed to hunt in this forest , and those passing through it had to keep strictly to the tracts . The northern boundary of this preserve was near ...
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... called King Blearie . " Down till the close of last century there was a high stone 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 ...
... called King Blearie . " Down till the close of last century there was a high stone 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 ...
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... It extended to over six acres of land . The present Orchard Street is a portion of it . The Chapel of Saint Mirrin and Columba , gene- rally called the Sounding Aisle , was founded in THE TOWN OF PAISLEY : 1499 by James Crawford of.
... It extended to over six acres of land . The present Orchard Street is a portion of it . The Chapel of Saint Mirrin and Columba , gene- rally called the Sounding Aisle , was founded in THE TOWN OF PAISLEY : 1499 by James Crawford 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