The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 136
every prisoner incarcerated for a night had to paythe jailer a fee of fourpence, but if he were a burgess of thetown he got off for twopence. It is to be hoped that LordBrougham and the other distino-uished men who have beenpresented with the freedom of the town were duly made awareof this… … Cross Steeple and Toi.i.hooth, 1757. On the removal of the Council business to the new CountyBuildings in County Square, the tolbooth was taken down in1821, and replaced by an addition made to the Saracens Head 128 The Paisley Thread Inn, which, under the name of the Towns House, had beenbuilt by…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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