The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... inhabitant of Paisley to touch this steeple to raise the ire of the people of Renfrew ; but if he put his arms on it and asked a passer - by for a lift , it was a challenge . to fight . Many a skirmish ensued , by no means confined to ...
... inhabitant of Paisley to touch this steeple to raise the ire of the people of Renfrew ; but if he put his arms on it and asked a passer - by for a lift , it was a challenge . to fight . Many a skirmish ensued , by no means confined to ...
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... inhabitants , was well patronised by royalty . Till 1490 , the Abbey possessed an orchard and garden on the opposite side of the river . In that year Abbot George Shaw feued it to one of the bailies of the town . It extended to over six ...
... inhabitants , was well patronised by royalty . Till 1490 , the Abbey possessed an orchard and garden on the opposite side of the river . In that year Abbot George Shaw feued it to one of the bailies of the town . It extended to over six ...
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... inhabitants going to Paisley on that 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 ...
... inhabitants going to Paisley on that 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 ...
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... inhabitants were allowed to admit any one into the town through their yards . There were then five gates to the town - one at the Bridge , one at the foot of Saint Mirin's Wynd , one in the High Street , one in Moss Street , and one in ...
... inhabitants were allowed to admit any one into the town through their yards . There were then five gates to the town - one at the Bridge , one at the foot of Saint Mirin's Wynd , one in the High Street , one in Moss Street , and one in ...
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... inhabitants shall obey Robert Craig , Master of Works , he requiring them to lift stones and timber for the repair of the Tolbooth and other public work , and any one disobeying Robert Craig to be fined 40s . " - ยท --- The following is ...
... inhabitants shall obey Robert Craig , Master of Works , he requiring them to lift stones and timber for the repair of the Tolbooth and other public work , and any one disobeying Robert Craig to be fined 40s . " - ยท --- The following is ...
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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