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	Renfrewshire - LoveToKnow 1911
		The county is divided into the upper ward, embracing the easterly two-thirds, with Paisley as district centre, and the lower ward, consisting of the parishes of Inverkip, Greenock, Port-Glasgow and Kilmalcolm, with Greenock as district centre.
		The Paisley Technical School and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College are subsidized out of the "residue" grant, part of which also defrays the travelling expenses of students and supports science and art and technological classes in the burghs and towns in the county.
		Apart from such isolated incidents as the defeat of Somerled near Renfrew in 1164, the battle of Langside in 1568 and the capture of the 9th earl of Argyll at Inchinnan in 1685, the history of the shire is scarcely separable from that of Paisley or the neighbouring county of Lanark.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Renfrewshire (1552 words)

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		The great majority of the cotton factories are concentrated in Glasgow, Paisley and the neighbouring towns, but the industry extends in other districts of the west and is also represented in the counties of Aberdeen, Perth and Stirling.
		The principal Clyde yards are situated in the Glasgow district (Govan, Partick, Fairfield, Clydebank, Renfrew), Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock.
		Glasgow, for example, might found a chair in the University from the Common Good but not from the rates, and Edinburgh maintains from the same source the city observatory and defrays part of the cost of the time-gun.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=71180 (18575 words)

	Canals of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Canals first saw use during the Roman occupation of Great Britain, and were used mainly for irrigation.
		Canal boats proved more than adequate for this task, and so canals were constructed between industries, and between cities and ports, with vast amounts of materials from manufactured goods to coal and lumber being transported.
		However, in the latter half of the 20th century the canals saw a rise in popularity through their use by holidaymakers, who often rented a 'narrowboat' and roamed the canals visiting places they passed through.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom (676 words)

	Glasgow - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Glasgow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Glasgow had a population of 577,869 at the time of the 2001 census, while approximately 1.8 million people live in the city's metropolitan area.
		Glasgow itself was founded by the Christian missionary Saint Mungo (also known as Saint Kentigern) in the 6th century.
		Glasgow has two main airports; Glasgow International Airport (GLA), is the larger of the two and handles the majority of Glasgow's air traffic, including shuttle flights to and from London and the rest of the UK, and transatlantic links to Chicago and New York.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Glasgow.html (3684 words)

	Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal is a canal in the south of Scotland at Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone.
		The terminuses being Port Eglinton in Glasgow and Thorn Brae in Johnstone.
		The well known poet Robert Tannahill (Born in Paisley on the 3 June 1774) drowned himself in the canal in a bout of depression.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glasgow,_Paisley_and_Johnstone_Canal (693 words)

	Encyclopedia: Canals of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Portsmouth and Arundel Canal is a canal in the south of England.
		The Wyrley and Essington Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England, from Wolverhampton to Cannock.
		The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal is a canal in the south of Scotland at Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canals-of-the-United-Kingdom (3991 words)

	Pabay - Peeblesshire \| British History Online
		The Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock railway was commenced under an act passed in 1837; it begins at the south end of Glasgow bridge, proceeds to Paisley, and, running nearly parallel to the Clyde, terminates at Greenock, near the harbour, the whole line being twenty-two and a half miles.
		Paisley was in 1488 formed into a free burgh of barony by James IV., in favour of the abbot of Paisley and his successors, to whom he gave the power of appointing a provost, bailies, and other officers.
		Paisley is the seat of a presbytery established in 1590, and having jurisdiction over all the parishes in the county, except those of Eaglesham and Cathcart, which, being only partly in Renfrew, were transferred to the presbytery of Greenock.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=43469 (12701 words)

	Paisley Information
		Paisley (Pàislig in Scottish Gaelic) is a large town and former Burgh in the western central lowlands of Scotland.
		Glasgow International Airport, despite its name, is in fact located in Renfrewshire, and sits equidistantly between Paisley and neighbouring Renfrew.
		Paisley folk, or 'Buddies', as they refer to themselves, are very proud of their town and are fiercely loyal to it.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Paisley (842 words)

	Rabbit Isle - Renfrewshire \| British History Online
		The Union canal and Glasgow and Edinburgh railway, also run through the parish: the former was intended originally only for the conveyance of heavy goods between Glasgow and Edinburgh, but is found likewise of eminent benefit to the coal districts in the west, for the supply of the capital.
		Renfrew is ecclesiastically within the presbytery of Paisley and synod of Glasgow and Ayr, and in the patronage of the Crown: the minister's stipend is averaged at £278, and there is a manse, with a glebe valued at £54 per annum.
		The Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock railway is twenty-two and a half miles in length, from the bridge at Glasgow to the harbour of Greenock; the line proceeds close to Port-Glasgow, and several branches have been in contemplation.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=43474 (15742 words)

	Waterways Chronology from 1805 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He reported on the canal project adding that the £109,393 estimate could be reduced by £20,000 if the canal was built the same size as the Bridgewater or by £50,000 if it was a narrow canal.
		He surveyed the canal again and recommended that much of the line proposed by the Act should be abandoned in favour of a route with a long tunnel further west which would "be attended with much advantage in point of saving considerable Expence, and upwards of one Mile and one quarter less in length".
		This scheme was for a canal from Rainham Creek with an entrance lock and basin from the Thames connecting to the River Beam by a cutting.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Chronology14.html (1924 words)

	Glasgow, Scottish, known, Mungo, sunny, people, Gaelic, Council, unpredictable, third, salmon, rivalry, rhyme - Glasgow
		Glasgow (Glaschu in Gaelic; or Glesca in colloquial Scots) is the largest city in Scotland and the third largest in the United Kingdom after London and Birmingham; as well as being the most populous unitary authority area.
		Glasgow is the third most popular foreign tourist destination in the United Kingdom after London and Edinburgh.
		Glasgow is located on the banks of the River Clyde, in West Central Scotland.
	www.alphasearch.org /Glasgow.html (944 words)

	Boats To Go,
		The boats on the canal were horse-drawn with a towpath alongside the canal for the horse to walk along.
		The bulk of the canal system was built in the Midlands and the north of England, with relatively few canals being built in southern England or London (the Grand Union Canal being an exception).
		Canal companies were unable to compete against the speed of the new railways, and in order to survive they had to slash their prices.
	www.boatstogo.co.uk /canal-history/canal.html (2047 words)

	Glasgow, Montana - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Glasgow, Montana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Glasgow is a city located in Valley County, Montana.
		Glasgow is located at 48°11'54" North, 106°38'7" West (48.198252, -106.635402).
		Out of the total population, 5.2% of those under the age of 18 and 18.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Glasgow-Montana.html (435 words)

	glasgow
		Glasgow has an impressive heritage of Victorian architecture, the Glasgow City Chambers, the main building of the University of Glasgow, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and the Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, being outstanding examples.
		Glasgow is also a major education centre with universities such as Glasgow University (which has one of the highest ratios of students who continue living at home) and the University of Strathclyde, teacher training colleges, teaching hospitals and a range of technical colleges.
		South of the river: Braehead, Renfrew, Linwood, Millikenpark, Johnstone, Paisley, Glenburn, Cardonald, Pollok, Barrhead, Nitshill, Thornliebank, Govan, Gorbals, Govanhill, Pollokshields, Pollokshaws, Cathcart, Giffnock, Rutherglen, Castlemilk, Bothwell and Cambuslang.
	www.fact-library.com /glasgow.html (1511 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As the Industrial Revolution took hold, the canals enjoyed great success, thriving in the late 18th and early 19th centuries before railways replaced them as the major goods transportation method in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
		However, in the latter half of the twentieth century, the canals saw a rise in popularity through their use by holidaymakers, who often rented a 'narrowboat' and roamed the canals visiting places they passed through.
		Canal based holidays became popular due to their relaxing nature, cheap costs, and huge variety of scenery available; from inner-London to the Scottish Highlands.
	uovampires.info /index.php?title=Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom (660 words)

	Paisley Burgh Renfrewshire through time \| Descriptive Gazetteer entries
		Paisley does not seem to have suffered so much as other places in the west during the Covenanting troubles, but the Cross was the scene in 1685 of the death of two farmers named Algie and Park from the neighbouring parish of Eastwood, who were executed for refusing to take the oath of abjuration.
		The Paisley Bank was established in 1787, and the Paisley Union Bank a few years after, but the former was merged in the British Linen Company's bank in 1837, and the latter in the Union Bank of Scotland in 1838, while the Paisley Commercial Bank, established in 1839, was soon amalgamated with the Western Bank.
		Paisley has produced many notable men, and indeed, a somewhat apocryphal story is told that at a gathering in town when the toast of 'the Poets of Paisley' was proposed, every man in the room rose to reply.
	vision.edina.ac.uk /gaztext_page.jsp?u_id=10361436 (9403 words)

	Paisley Canal Line Information
		The majority of the route from Glasgow to Paisley (actually, Port Eglington to Ferguslie) ran along the bed of the former Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal.
		The canal had been purchased, in 1869, by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company (G. and S.W.) and an Act of Parliament was used to close the canal in 1881.
		The land around Paisley Canal Railway Station was developed for housing; the station became a steak house; and the former passenger bridge between the two platforms was demolished.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Paisley_Canal_Line (766 words)

	History by Waterway from Glenkens Canal
		He suggested two routes for the canal one, along the River Brue, was rejected but the other, which incuded making existing drains navigable, was close to the route adopted by the promoters.
		He produced a report recommending a 32 mile canal from Tradeston to a new harbour to be built at Eglinton on Ardrossen Bay with a branch to Salcoats.
		He was commissioned to survey and estimate a canal from the Don to Cinder Bridge (Greasbrough Ings) on the road from Greasbrough to Rawmarsh or to the nearby Sough bridge.
	www.jim-shead.com /waterways/History11.html (2708 words)

	History by Waterway from Glenkens Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He suggested two routes for the canal one, along the River Brue, was rejected but the other, which incuded making existing drains navigable, was close to the route adopted by the promoters.
		He reported on the route estimating that a canal for vessels of 25 tons would cost £130,960 or £166,711 if 60-ton vessels were to be used.
		He was commissioned to survey and estimate a canal from the Don to Cinder Bridge (Greasbrough Ings) on the road from Greasbrough to Rawmarsh or to the nearby Sough bridge.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History11.html (2697 words)

	Guide to canalrecords - The National Archives of Scotland
		The canal was incorporated by an Act of Parliament of 1806 as "The Company of Proprietors of the Glasgow Paisley and Ardrossan Canal".
		In 1790 an Act of Parliament was procured to allow the construction of a junction between the Monkland and the Forth and Clyde canals by a cut from the Forth and Clyde basin at Port Dundas to the monkland Canal basin.
		Successor to the Caledonian and Crinan Canal Commissioners and the Ministry of Transport.
	www.nas.gov.uk /guides/canal.asp (2028 words)

	Cartobibliography of Renfrewshire
		A line which presumably identifies the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal seems to be confused with the Clyde east of Glasgow and continues to the edge of the sheet.
		The Glasgow, Greenock and Paisley Railway line, along with its station and the harbour branch, are marked and there is a detailed mapping of the navigable channel in the Clyde.
		The Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal is delineated and the destinations of most roads leaving Paisley are identified.
	www.lib.gla.ac.uk /Depts/MOPS/Maps/Carto.html (17337 words)

	Happy Haggis will help you trace your Scottish family tree - Renfrewshire history and general information.
		Paisley’s boundaries were extended as a result of The Housing Act of 1946 and as a result provisions were made for the addition to existing housing estates.
		Johnstone was home of globally-renowned machine tool factories such as John Lang, Alban, Loudon's, Clifton and Baird, Craig and Donald, Thomas Shanks, Davie and Horne, and Ferguson's, as well as the flax-spinning mills of Finlayson and Bousfield and William Paton's thread-manufacturing works.
		It is 9.3 miles/15km northwest from Paisley and 3.4 miles/5.5km east from Port Glasgow (Inverclyde) on the A8.
	www.happyhaggis.co.uk /renfrewshire.htm (21666 words)

	Historical perspective for Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As early as 1835 the scheme of connecting Glasgow with Carlisle through Nithsdale was advocated in the Ayr Advertiser and the Dumfries Courier, and some years previously there had been proposals made for a railway between Glasgow and Paisley.
		The first proposal in the latter direction was to convert the Glasgow, Paisley, and Johnston Canal into a railway, and what was proposed in 1830 was not sanctioned for fifty years thereafter, and is only now (1883) in process of being carried into effect.
		The principal station of the railway, at St Enoch's Square in Glasgow, was opened by the Prince of Wales in Oct. 1876, but the works of the station, and the hotel fronting it, were not completed till 1879, when the hotel was opened.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurehistory8803.html (3108 words)

	Scotland from the Roadside - Canals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1810 the section from Paisley to Johnstone was opened followed in 1811 by the section from Glasgow to Paisley.
		In 1817 an Act was passed for the Union Canal (opened 1822) to join Edinburgh with the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk - a total distance of 51 km (31 miles).
		In 1950 the Monklands Canal was closed to navigation and most of it was filled in and piped to make way for the M8 motorway.
	www.ourscotland.co.uk /canals.htm (690 words)

	TheGlasgowStory: Port Eglinton
		The canal was begun in 1807 in order that vessels could travel between the the city to the Ayrshire coast without having to navigate the shallows of the River Clyde.
		Only the section between Glasgow and Johnstone in Renfrewshire was completed, however, and opened in 1810.
		It became derelict and in 1869 it was acquired by the Glasgow & South Western Railway Co, which drained it and built the Paisley Canal line along the route in the 1880s.
	www.theglasgowstory.com /image.php?inum=TGSA01166 (157 words)

	Paisley Canal Line (GSWR)
		In the days when the line was a canal there was a terrible accident where many people were drowned in the canal basin which was later occupied by a coal and goods yard and now a housing estate.
		An old canal aqueduct, which betrays the fact the line was once the course of a canal, is crossed by the railway at a curious angle as the railway does not follow exactly the same route as the canal.
		The canal line is now approached from the east by a new spur which runs from the Glasgow and Paisley Gilmour Street main line.
	www.railscot.co.uk /Paisley_Canal_Line/body.htm (659 words)

	Paisley
		The site is bounded on the north-west by Johnston Street, 150 feet or thereby; on the south-west by Prussia Street, 78 feet or thereby; on the south-east by Gordon’s Lane, 115 feet or thereby; and on the north-east by the property of the Commissioners, 82 feet or thereby.
		That a town of the population of Paisley, with such an immense value in property, should be able to cope vigorously with the devouring element, could not be gainsaid; and that they should be able to do on, anyone who had examined the building and all the appliances could not have a doubt.
		Paisley over the years has experienced an increase in call-outs and is now one of the busiest stations in the district answering around 2,500 calls for assistance each year, compared to smaller stations where the average number of calls is in the region of 1,000.
	www.btinternet.com /~graeme.kirkwood/SFB/C04.htm (4524 words)

	RCAHMS : highlights
		Paisley, the largest town in Scotland, situated to the West of Glasgow, is synonymous world-wide with the shawls made there during the 19th century.
		The two families in Paisley who were at the forefront of the vast thread manufacturing operation were the Coats and the Clarks.
		These were positioned to take full advantage of the Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal, built between 1806-1810, which ran through the site.
	www.rcahms.gov.uk /highlightacp3.html (4103 words)

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