Port Glasgow Name Value Date Grid Ref Map Sources Other forms, comments etc Newark Castle NS 3274 Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC & FC) Ainslie(1796) West Dougliehill East Dougliehill NS 3173 NS 3173/3273 Pont(33) Blaeu(Renfrew) Ainslie(1796) Devol…
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Paisley Text Summary
Paisley Principal Sources OSA Vol 7 No’s 4 & 5 1793 The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol VII, Edinburgh, 1845: Paisley pp 135-306, dated 1837 OPS I pp 67-73, Appendix p 506 RMS I…
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Paisley Table
Paisley ‘Bartholomew’s plan of 1909’ refers to the plan by ‘John Bartholomew & Co.’ appended to Metcalfe’s ‘A History of Paisley 600-1908’. This is very useful for showing some of the small surrounding settlements that were gradually absorbed into Paisley.…
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Neilston Text Summary
Neilston Principal Sources OSA Vol 2 No 13 Nielston 1791 The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol VII, Edinburgh, 1845: Neilston pp 307-352, dated 1837 OPS I p 96, (NB comments re Boundary changes), Appendix p…
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Neilston Table
Neilston Table OPS I p 96 states that the baronies of Knockmade and Shutterflat, now parts of the parishes of Beith and Dunlop in Ayrshire, formerly belonged to Neilston. However, I have excluded them from this table. Equally, I have…
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Mearns Text Summary
Mearns Principal Sources OSA Vol 17 No 21 1796 The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol VII, Edinburgh, 1845: Mearns pp 512-524, dated 1842 OPS I pp 97-98, p 508 RMS II (1362) 1477-8, (2087)…
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Mearns Table
Mearns Table Because data is scarcer in Mearns than for some parishes I have arranged this table a little differently. Normally my tables follow a rough geographical order. Here they follow the known estates – e.g. £20 Fingaltoun, £20 Over…
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