The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... steeple , which stood at the Cross of Renfrew , and which , on account of its diminutive stature , the people of Paisley threatened to carry away . This steeple was built in 1670 , and taken down in 1871 to give place to the Town Hall ...
... steeple , which stood at the Cross of Renfrew , and which , on account of its diminutive stature , the people of Paisley threatened to carry away . This steeple was built in 1670 , and taken down in 1871 to give place to the Town Hall ...
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... steeple bell to be rung without permission of the bailies . This would give us the impression that a section of the community held republican principles . This In June , 1651 , a number of English soldiers quartered at Castlesemple ...
... steeple bell to be rung without permission of the bailies . This would give us the impression that a section of the community held republican principles . This In June , 1651 , a number of English soldiers quartered at Castlesemple ...
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... steeple with three horologes , facing the east , south , and west . The steeple , in which was placed a bell , jutted out on the pavement , and was on that account a great inconvenience . A stair on the east side of the steeple led to ...
... steeple with three horologes , facing the east , south , and west . The steeple , in which was placed a bell , jutted out on the pavement , and was on that account a great inconvenience . A stair on the east side of the steeple led to ...
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... Steeple , extending 81 feet above the Tolbooth and the contracts of William Tassie , Robert Burnside , and John Govan , masons in Pollok- shaws , were accepted . Arrangements were also made by which the contractors were to be paid as ...
... Steeple , extending 81 feet above the Tolbooth and the contracts of William Tassie , Robert Burnside , and John Govan , masons in Pollok- shaws , were accepted . Arrangements were also made by which the contractors were to be paid as ...
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... steeple : this is incorrect . The new Tolbooth and Steeple cost £ 325 7s 5d . HISTORICAL SKETCH . IX . A great change was now.
... steeple : this is incorrect . The new Tolbooth and Steeple cost £ 325 7s 5d . HISTORICAL SKETCH . IX . A great change was now.
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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