The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... carry away . This steeple was built in 1670 , and taken down in 1871 to give place to the Town Hall . It was only necessary for an inhabitant of Paisley to touch this steeple to raise the ire of the people of Renfrew ; but if he put his ...
... carry away . This steeple was built in 1670 , and taken down in 1871 to give place to the Town Hall . It was only necessary for an inhabitant of Paisley to touch this steeple to raise the ire of the people of Renfrew ; but if he put his ...
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... . The matter was then reported to the Synod , and that august body seems to have triumphed , for we find that she was carried from Blackston to the Kirk of Paisley on ane wand bed , " 66 HISTORICAL SKETCH . IV . In 1645 , Paisley was.
... . The matter was then reported to the Synod , and that august body seems to have triumphed , for we find that she was carried from Blackston to the Kirk of Paisley on ane wand bed , " 66 HISTORICAL SKETCH . IV . In 1645 , Paisley was.
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... carried coal and candle to the guard all the previous winter ; and word to that effect was sent to Captain Robertson , the English officer . They further resolved that , if the English should take beds from any one in the town , they ...
... carried coal and candle to the guard all the previous winter ; and word to that effect was sent to Captain Robertson , the English officer . They further resolved that , if the English should take beds from any one in the town , they ...
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... carried on in Holland , Christian Shaw , as we shall still name her , improved in the art , and soon a large mill with numbers of workers was the result . Bargarran House was inhabited till 1843 , when it was made into a quarry to build ...
... carried on in Holland , Christian Shaw , as we shall still name her , improved in the art , and soon a large mill with numbers of workers was the result . Bargarran House was inhabited till 1843 , when it was made into a quarry to build ...
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... carried on horseback to the barns . The crop of grain was good . After harvest , plenty of rain fell , and the result was a sufficiency of food for the cattle . Till November , 1705 , the courts were held at Renfrew . At that date a ...
... carried on horseback to the barns . The crop of grain was good . After harvest , plenty of rain fell , and the result was a sufficiency of food for the cattle . Till November , 1705 , the courts were held at Renfrew . At that date a ...
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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