New in 2019
28th May 2019
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A tour of Paisley Abbey
16th July 2019
Paisley Abbey History Cafe Workshops
27th June 2019
Come and join us on a Monday afternoon at 1.30pm for our History Cafe Workshops at Paisley Abbey. Over three weeks we are exploring the history and archaeology of the monastic complex. Time 1.30 to 2.30pm Tea / Coffee £2.50 provided by the Abbey Cost £5 (Suggested donation)
Medieval Renfrewshire Course
11th June 2019
Our 4 week lecture series on Medieval Renfrewshire begins on Wednesday 12th June. Although this is a 4 week course, you can come along to any of the talks, at a cost of £10 a session. The four lectures will over: L1 The Dark Ages in the CountyL2 Feudalism arrives in RenfrewshireL3 Paisley Abbey &… More Medieval Renfrewshire Course
Peter Burnet – “Black Peter”
26th February 2019
From the New Paisley Repository No.4 Saturday, January, 15th. 1853 SONG. To the Air – ” CAPTAIN PATON.” Composed after reading the life of Peter Burnet, commonly known in Paisley by “BLACK PETER.” PETER BURNET was born on the estate of Thos. Todd, Esq. in the state of Virginia, in the year 1764.… More Peter Burnet – “Black Peter”
Taking a break…
29th January 2019
At the moment the Urban Historian is having a break from delivering our heritage walks and talks. This is due to continuing health issues. We’re hopeful that things will start to improve soon, with talks commencing again in the spring, followed by the walks by the summer. In the meantime, time is being spent reading… More Taking a break…
County Buildings & Jail
24th January 2019
County Square, Paisley Paisley’s 19th century County Buildings & Jail, sat between county Square and the River White Cart. They replaced Paisley Tollbooth that sat at the corner of the High Street and Moss Street. In turn The County of Renfrew decided that their space in the buildings was too small and in 1887 they… More County Buildings & Jail
Two new talks announced
6th October 2018
To complete our October series of talks, we invite you to come along to hear more about witchcraft in Scotland. On the 22nd October we will be looking at early witchcraft in Scotland, while on the 29th of October we will be looking at Renfrewshire cases from 1600 – 1650. See our Short Courses page… More Two new talks announced
More seats released for Bargarran Witchhunt 1696 Talk
1st October 2018
We have just released a further 5 tickets for next Monday nights talk on the Bargarran witchhunt of 1697. The initial 15 seats sold out fairly fast so please book quickly if you want to come along!
New Online courses
25th September 2018
We have just launched our new online courses website. Later this year we will launch our first online courses on the history of Paisley and Renfrewshire, allowing the Paisley and Renfrewshire Diaspora world wide to learn more about their homeland. For now we have put a very short, free sample course online – Paisley: An… More New Online courses