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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAISLEY | Paisley | Provost R. Brown Mr William Hodge, Town Clerk Mr David Semple, Writer |
012 | A well known manufacturing town in Renfrewshire. And the most important in the West of Scotland, save Glasgow. Situated About seven miles from the latter place and three from Renfrew, And is the head town of the Shire. Previous to the last Census Paisley ranked as the third town in Scotland as regards population, but it now only ranks as the fifth, - population over 60,000 . - It was created into a free Burgh of Barony in 1490 by Abbot Shaw, the then Abbot of Paisley. It is a parliamentary Burgh, divided into 5 Municipal Wards, and returned one Member to Parliament; The governing Body of the burgh are a Provost, four Bailies, 10 Councillors, a Treasurer, two Town Clerks, a Chamberlain and twenty eight Commissioned of Police. The Ancient part of the town is built upon one of those gently swelling heights so generally to be met with in Renfrewshire, and which imparts to it a pleasing and Airy aspect. Several of the streets are quite modern, have a neat Appearance, Abound in good and even elegant Shops, And exhibit a good display of Public buildings, Some of which are in no way inferior to any of the provincial public buildings.- Till the year 1736 Paisley formed one Parish and Contained only one Church, namely the Abbey, which however has had the benefit of two Ministers since 1641. In 1736 the Burgh was erected into a Separate Parish and a Church was built for it. In 1756 Another place of Worship was built in the Burgh, this from its being raised on the most elevated part of the town, was distinguished by the name of the High Church. |
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[Page] 1 TOWN OF PAISLEYwhile the former erection from the relative Situation was denominated the Low Church, In 1781 a third
Church, from its situation called the Middle Church, was added, And the Burgh, which till that time had continued one Parish
was, by a decree of the Court of Teinds, divided into three, called the Low Church Parish, Middle Church Parish, and High
Church Parish respectively,____ In 1819 the Minister of the Low Church was transferred to a more Spacious edifice, namely, St
George's Church, and the latter Continued to be the Church of the Low Church Parish, while the former is no longer in connexion with
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