The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... river . The Stewards reserved to themselves the elect- ing of the Priors and Abbots , and deposing them when found in fault . Towards the close of the thirteenth century the great forests of oak and beech , which had covered the ...
... river . The Stewards reserved to themselves the elect- ing of the Priors and Abbots , and deposing them when found in fault . Towards the close of the thirteenth century the great forests of oak and beech , which had covered the ...
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... river Cart ; thence along the river to the Abbey . The regality granted to Abbot George was the fullest given to the monastery . It gave the power of trying for all offences what- ever , even including the four crimes generally reserved ...
... river Cart ; thence along the river to the Abbey . The regality granted to Abbot George was the fullest given to the monastery . It gave the power of trying for all offences what- ever , even including the four crimes generally reserved ...
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... river . In that year Abbot George Shaw feued it to one of the bailies of the town . 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 ...
... river . In that year Abbot George Shaw feued it to one of the bailies of the town . 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 ...
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... river , and it has been said that he was entreated by the Magistrates not to enter it , the public funds at the time not being sufficient to give him a suitable welcome . He received a bombastic address , delivered to him by a boy nine ...
... river , and it has been said that he was entreated by the Magistrates not to enter it , the public funds at the time not being sufficient to give him a suitable welcome . He received a bombastic address , delivered to him by a boy nine ...
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... river had been used for ages by the inhabitants of Paisley for the purpose of a bleaching green . Lady Cochran , however , dis- puted their right to do so without her liberty , and caused the knocking stanes " to be thrown down . The ...
... river had been used for ages by the inhabitants of Paisley for the purpose of a bleaching green . Lady Cochran , however , dis- puted their right to do so without her liberty , and caused the knocking stanes " to be thrown down . The ...
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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