Paisley
Paisley
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![]() Paisley Town Hall, from Gauze Street | |
Location within Renfrewshire | |
Population | 77,210 |
OS grid reference | NS485635 |
• Edinburgh | 49 mi (79 km) E |
• Lunnon | 347 mi (558 km) SSE |
Cooncil area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Kintra | Scotland |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Post toun | PAISLEY |
Postcode destrict | PA1 – PA3 |
Diallin code | 0141 & 01505 |
Police | Scots |
Fire | Scots |
Ambulance | Scots |
EU Pairlament | Scotland |
UK Pairlament | |
Scots Pairlament | |
Wabsteid | http://www.paisley.org.uk/ |
Paisley (Scots Gaelic: Pàislig) is a toun an ae-time burgh situatit in the wast central lawlands o Scotland, aboot seiven mile wast-sooth-wast o Glesgae. It is the maist muckle toun an admeenistrative centre o the Renfrewshire cooncil area. Paisley straidles the White Cart Watter that jines the Black Cart Watter becomin the River Cart north o the toun. The toun kivers the lawland tae the north o the Gleniffer Braes.
Paisley wis ance thocht tae hae been the steid o the Roman fortification o Vanduara (or Vandogara) chronicelt bi Ptolemy. The identifeecation o the steid o modren Paisley wi this fort is maistlie foondit on the sibness o the toon's nemm tae the Brythonic Gwen-dwr ('white watter') that wis thocht tae hae been the nemm o the White Cart Watter at thon time.
In the 12t century a priory wis foondit at Paisley an a veelage suin grew aroond it. A hunner yeir aifter its foondation, the priory got the status o a Abbey. The toun became weel-kent in the 18t and 19t centuries for the production o claith, oweraw cotton wi the kenspeckle Paisley Pattern.
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- Paisley Photae Gailery
- Paisley People paper Archived 2017-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- The Gazette page Archived 2021-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
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