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[Page] 2 TOWN OF PAISLEY - [continued]

the establishment, A Detached portion of the Low Church parish is Situated within the Abbey Parish, on the East side of the River
Cart and Opposite to the Seedhill Craigs, And a small detached portion of the Abbey Parish is Situated within the detached part of the
Low Church Parish, east of and Adjacent to the Seedhill Shawl factory ___________
In addition to the Parish Churches there are four Quoad Sacra Churches, Six Free Churches, six U.P. Churches, one R.P.
Church, two Baptist Chapels, one Unitarian, one Episcopal and one Roman Catholic Chapel, two Independents, one Wesleyan Methodist, and
One Evangelical Union Chapel, in the town. There are also Five Branch Banks, 26 Schools, a Public Library, Atheneum, Artizan's Institute
And a Magnificent Reading Room which is thrown open to Strangers, Four Hotels And the usual number of Inns [&] Taverns that are to be
met with in Similar large towns, there are also three Weekly newspapers Published in the town. _______________
Paisley is a Well Known Seat of very important manufacture. Chiefly in the Department of Harness, Shawls, Ladies Dresses
and Sewing thread, for the manufacture and finish of the former, it cannot be excelled by any town in Great Britain In Addition to the Several
Shawl Factories and Shawl finishing Works that are in the town, there are also Several Thread Factories, Weaving Factories, Dye Works, Print Works
Starch Works, Tannaries, Foundries, and a Very extensive Brewery and Distillery, all of which necessarily employ a large number of Operatives,
There is a Weekly Market which is held on thursdays, and four Annual fairs. __________
We are indebted for the following ingenious observations on the etymology of the word Paisley, as well as that of
" various Places situated in the Parish, to William Kerr Esq Surgeon Paisley, " At Paisley the Romans had a Station or town, which Antiquarians regard as
" the [Vanduaria of Ptolemy], the most Probable Conjecture concerning the etymology of this name is given by Chalmers, who believed it to be the the Latinized form
" of the British words [Ven dur], or White Water, Applied by the natives to the River White Cart, which flowed Past the Eastern Wall of the Camp.
"The Romans entered Scotland in the year 80 And left it in the year 446, Vanduaria must, therefore, have flourished at the Same Period between " " these years, After the retreat of the Roman forces, the name was lost, and no Place connected with its Site is found in history, till the middle of " " the twelfth Century, when lands on the bank of the River opposite to the Camp are mentioned under the names of Passeleth, Passelay and Passelet