The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... 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 acres of land . The present Orchard Street is a portion of it . The Chapel of Saint Mirrin and Columba , gene- rally ...
... 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 acres of land . The present Orchard Street is a portion of it . The Chapel of Saint Mirrin and Columba , gene- rally ...
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... side of the School Wynd . The Abbey and its pro- perties were , with the sanction of the Pope , erected into a temporal lordship , and granted to Claud Hamilton and his heirs in fee . Cland Hamilton , who was nephew of the last Abbot ...
... side of the School Wynd . The Abbey and its pro- perties were , with the sanction of the Pope , erected into a temporal lordship , and granted to Claud Hamilton and his heirs in fee . Cland Hamilton , who was nephew of the last Abbot ...
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... side of the 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 ...
... side of the 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 ...
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... side , was fined three dollars and put six hours in the stocks for saying that the bailies had given the Glasgow meal to the rich and not to the poor . By June , 1646 , the plague had left Paisley , but it was very bad in Glasgow , and ...
... side , was fined three dollars and put six hours in the stocks for saying that the bailies had given the Glasgow meal to the rich and not to the poor . By June , 1646 , the plague had left Paisley , but it was very bad in Glasgow , and ...
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... side J. W. C.'s account of their sufferings . The tradition was as follows : -When Algie and Park were on the scaffold they sung part of the CXVIII Psalm , and when they repeated the lines " I shall not die , but live , and shall The ...
... side J. W. C.'s account of their sufferings . The tradition was as follows : -When Algie and Park were on the scaffold they sung part of the CXVIII Psalm , and when they repeated the lines " I shall not die , but live , and shall 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