PAISLEY  , a municipal and See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh of See also:

• RENFREWSHIRE

Renfrewshire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, on the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

Cart, 3 M. from its junction with the See also:

• CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)
• CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792-1863)

Clyde, 7 in . W. by S. of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-Western and Caledonian See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Pop . (1891), 66,425; (1901) .79,363 . In 1791 the See also:

• RIVER

river, which bisects the See also:

• TOWN

town, was made navigable for vessels of 5o tons and further deepened a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century later . It is crossed by several See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges—including the See also:

• ABERCORN, JAMES HAMILTON 1ST EARL OF (c. 1575–1618)

Abercorn, St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's and the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey Bridges—and two railway viaducts . The old town, on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• BANK

bank of the stream, contains most of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal warehouses and See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills; the new town, begun towards the end of the 18th century, occupies much of the level ground that once formed the domains of the abbey . To the munificence of its citizens the town owes many of its finest public buildings . Opposite to the abbey See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church (see below) stands the town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall (1879-1882), which originated in a See also:

• BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

bequest by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Aitken See also:

• CLARK, FRANCIS EDWARD (1851- )
• CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS (1752—1818)
• CLARK, JOHN BATES (1847— )
• CLARK, JOSIAH LATIMER (1822—1898)
• CLARK, SIR ANDREW
• CLARK, SIR JAMES (1788—1870)
• CLARK, THOMAS (1801—1867)
• CLARK, WILLIAM (1770-1838)
• CLARK, WILLIAM GEORGE (1821—1878)

Clark (1823–1873), and was completed by his relatives, the See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread manufacturers of See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

Anchor Mills . The new See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county buildings (1891) possess a handsome See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council hall, and the castellated municipal buildings (1818–1821) were the former county buildings; the See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house (1885) in St James See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, and the See also:

• FREE

free library and museum (including a picture See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery) at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of High Street, were erected (1869–1872) by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Coats (1808–189o) . In Oakshaw Street stands the See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory (1883), the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Coats (1809–1883) . Besides numerous See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, the educational establishments include the See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• NEILSON, ADELAIDE (1846—188o)

Neilson Endowed See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute (1852) on Oakshaw See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school (founded, 1576; rebuilt, 1864), and the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy for secondary See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and the technical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, in George Street .

Among charitable institutions are the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

Eye Infirmary (presented by See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

Provost See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie in 1899), the burgh See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum at Riccartsbar, the Abbey Poorhouse (including See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and lunatic wards), the See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever hospital and reception house, the Infectious Diseases Hospital and the Gleniffer See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home for Incurables . The Thomas Coats Memorial Church, belonging to the Baptist See also:

• BODY

body, erected by the Coats See also:

• FAMILY

family from designs by H . J . See also:

• BLANC, (JEAN JOSEPH CHARLES) LOUIS (1811-1882)
• BLANC, MONT

Blanc, R.S.A., is one of the finest See also:

• MODERN

modern ecclesiastical structures in Scotland . It is an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ENGLISH

English and Decorated cruciform See also:

• BUILDING

building of red See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone, with a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower surmounted by a beautiful open-See also:

• WORK

work See also:

• CROWN

crown . Of parks and open spaces there are in the south, See also:

• BRODIE, PETER BELLINGER (1815–1897)
• BRODIE, SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS

Brodie See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park (22 acres), presented in 1871 by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Brodie; towards the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

Fountain Gardens (71 acres), the gift of Thomas Coats and named from the handsome See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron fountain See also:

• STANDING

standing in the centre; in the north-west, St James Park (40 acres), with a See also:

• RACE

race-course (racing See also:

• DATES

dates from 162o, when the See also:

• EARL

earl of Abercorn and the Town Council gave See also:

• SILVER

silver bells for the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize); Dunn Square and the old See also:

• QUARRY

quarry grounds converted and adorned; and See also:

• MOSS

Moss See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

Plantation beyond the north-western boundary . There are the cemeteries at Hawkhead and at the west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the town . Under the Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1832 the burgh returns one member to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament . The town is governed by a council, with provost and bailies, and owns the See also:

• GAS

gas and See also:

• WATER

water supplies and the electric See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting . In the abbey precincts are statues to the poet Robert See also:

• TANNAHILL, ROBERT (1774-181o)

Tannahill (1774-181o) and See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson (1766–1813), the See also:

• AMERICAN

American ornithologist, both of whom were See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Paisley, and, elsewhere, to Robert See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

Burns, George Aitkin Clark, Thomas Coats and Sir Peter Coats . Paisley has been an important manufacturing centre since the beginning of the 18th century, but the earlier See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• LAWN

lawn and See also:

• SILK

silk-See also:

• GAUZE

gauze See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries have become See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, and even the famous Paisley shawls (See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation cashmere), the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of which at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time exceeded £1,000,000 yearly in value, have ceased to be See also:

• WOVEN

woven . The manufacture of linen thread, introduced about 1720 by See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD (1856– )
• SHAW, HENRY WHEELER (1818–1885)
• SHAW, LEMUEL (1781–1861)
• SHAW, RICHARD NORMAN (1831– )

Shaw, daughter of the See also:

• LAIRD, MACGREGOR (18o8—1861)

laird of Bargarran, gave way in 1812 to that of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton thread, which has since grown to be the leading See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the town .

The Ferguslie mills (J . & P . Coats) and Anchor mills (Clark & See also:

• COMPANY

Company) are now the dominant factors in the See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination that controls the greater See also:

• PART

part of the thread See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of the See also:

• WORLD

world and together employ 1o,00o hands . Other thriving industries include See also:

• BLEACHING

bleaching, See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, See also:

• CALICO

calico-See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing, See also:

• WEAVING

weaving (carpets, shawls, tartans), See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, tanning, iron and See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, See also:

• BREWING

brewing, distilling, and the making of See also:

• STARCH

starch, cornflour, See also:

• SOAP

soap, See also:

• MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a quince, derived through the Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt, honey, and ai Xov, an apple, an apple grafted on a quince)

marmalade and other preserves, besides some See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding in the yards on the See also:

• LEFT

left bank of the White Cart . The abbey was founded in 1163 as a Cluniac monastery by See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter Fitzalan, first High Steward of Scotland, the ancestor of the Scottish royal family of See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart, and dedicated to the Virgin, St James, St Milburga of Much See also:

• WENLOCK

Wenlock in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire (whence came the first monks) and St Mirinus (St Mirren), the See also:

• PATRON

patron-See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of Paisley, who is supposed to have been a See also:

• CON

con-temporary of St See also:

• COLUMBA, SAINT (Irish, Colum)

Columba . The monastery became an abbey in 'r 219, was destroyed by the English under See also:

• AYMER, or 1ETHELMAR, OF VALENCE (d. 126o)

Aymer de See also:

• VALENCE

Valence,earl of See also:

• PEMBROKE
• PEMBROKE (Penfro)
• PEMBROKE, EARLS OF

Pembroke, in 1307, and rebuilt in the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 14th century, the Stuarts endowing it lavishly . At the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation (1561) the fabric was greatly injured by the 5th earl of See also:

• GLENCAIRN, EARLS OF

Glencairn and the Protestants, who dismantled the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar, stripped the church of images and See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics, and are even alleged to have burnt it . About the same date the central See also:

• SPIRE

spire, 300 ft. high, built during the abbacy of John See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton (1511-1571), afterwards See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews, collapsed, demolishing the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir and north See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept . In 1553 See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Claud Hamilton, then a boy of ten, was made See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot, and the abbacy and monastery were erected into a temporal lordship in his favour in 1587 . The abbey lands, after passing from his son the earl of Abercorn to the earl of See also:

• ANGUS, EARLS OF

Angus and then to Lord See also:

• DUNDONALD, THOMAS COCHRANE, 10TH EARL OF (1775-186o)

Dundonald, were See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased in 1764 by the 8th earl of Abercorn, who intended making the abbey his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, but let the ground for building purposes . The abbey church originally consisted of a See also:

• NAVE

nave, choir without aisles, and transepts . The nave, in the Transitional and Decorated styles, with a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• MID

mid-Pointed See also:

• TRIFORIUM

triforium of broad See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, has been restored, and used as the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish church since 1862 .

The graceful west front has a deeply recessed Early Pointed See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway, surmounted by traceried windows and, above these, by a handsome Decorated stained-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass window. of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights . Of the choir only the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations remain to indicate its extent; at the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end stood the high altar before which Robert III. was interred in 1406 . Over his See also:

• GRAVE

grave a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to the memory of the Royal House of Stuart was placed here by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Victoria (1888) . The restored north transept has a window of remarkable beauty . The south transept contains St Mirren's See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel (founded in 1499), which is also called the " See also:

• SOUNDING (for derivation see SOUND above)

Sounding See also:

• AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

Aisle " from its See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

echo . The chapel contains the tombs of abbot John Hamilton and of the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of the 1st lord Paisley, and the recumbent effigy of Marjory, daughter of Robert See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce, who married Walter, the Steward, and was killed while See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting at Knock Hill between See also:

• RENFREW

Renfrew and Paisley (1316) . About 3 M . S. of Paisley are the pleasant braes of Gleniffer, sung by Tannahill, and 22 M . S.E., occupying a hill on the -left bank of the See also:

• LEVEN
• LEVEN, ALEXANDER LESLIE, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1580-1661)
• LEVEN, LOCH

Leven, stand the ruins of See also:

• CROOKSTON

Crookston See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle . The castle is at least as old as the 12th century and belonged to Robert de Croc, who witnessed the See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of thg See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Paisley Abbey. in the following century it passed into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Stewarts, who retained it until the See also:

• MURDER

murder of See also:

• DARNLEY, HENRY STEWART

Darnley (1567) . Afterwards it changed hands several times, but was finally acquired from the See also:

• MONTROSE
• MONTROSE, JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUESS OF (1612—1650)
• MONTROSE, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Montrose family by Sir John See also:

• MAXWELL
• MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK (1831–1879)

Maxwell of See also:

• POLLOK, ROBERT (1798-1827)

Pollok . The See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans effected a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in Paisley in A.D .

84, and built a fort called Vanduara on the high ground (Oakshaw Hill) to the west of the White Cart . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place seems to have been first known as Paslet or Passeleth, and was assigned along with certain lands in Renfrewshire to Walter Fitzalan, founder of the abbey . The See also:

• VILLAGE

village See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up round the abbey, and by the 15th century had become sufficiently important to excite the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of the neighbouring burgh of Renfrew . To protect it from molestation Abbot Schaw (or Shaw) induced James IV., a frequent visitor, to erect it into a burgh of See also:

• BARONY

barony in 1488, a charter which gave it the right to return a member to the Scots parliament . See Chartulary of the Monastery of Paisley, published by the See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club (1832); J . See also:

• CAMERON, JOHN (1579–1623)
• CAMERON, RICHARD (1648?–168o)
• CAMERON, SIMON (1799-1889)
• CAMERON, VERNEY LOVETT (1844–1894)

Cameron Lees, The Abbey of Paisley (1878); See also:

• SWAN (A. S. swan and swan, Icel. svanr, Du. zwaart, Ger. Schwan)
• SWAN, J
• SWAN, JOHN MACALLAN (1847-1910)
• SWAN, SIR JOSEPH WILSON (1828– )

Swan, Description of the Town and Abbey of Paisley (1835) ; and Robert See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Paisley (1886) .