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 137
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… … Cross Steeple and Saracens Head Inn, 1868. attached, and was for many years the principal hotel in thetown. Being at the Cross, it was greatly frequented on marketdays, when it rang with the eloquence of bailies and councillors, Transition 129 besides buyers and sellers of all sorts, who in those…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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