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Heritage Walks July to December 2018
Our heritage walks for the remainder of 2018 are now available. They will added to our online booking system shortly.
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Revamp to the website
We are currently carrying out a revamp of our website. Everything is currently working, and there are few tweaks to carryout over the next few days. We will also be adding our privacy notice. We will never pass on any personal information to a third party, and will only use the information given to reply…
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History Cafe 27th Feb 2018
Our next History Cafe in Blend will be on the 27th February between 10 and 11am. The Topic this time will be Paisley’s Textile Heritage. We will be looking at Maps, and a lot of the different textile industries that were in Paisley in the mid 19th Century.
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Paisley Abbey Wee Dig 2017
During September 2017, Renfrewshire Council commissioned GUARD Archaeology LTD to undertake further excavation work on the site of Paisley Abbey’s Medieval Drain. The following two videos were published by the Paisley 2021 YouTube channel and tell the story of the dig. Both videos here are hosted on YouTube.
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January Update
January and February are a busy couple of months for the Urban Historian. As you can see we have started to introduce our new logo and tag line – see the history around you. Our new History Cafe and Heritage walks will start in February, but we are not having a break. We are continuing…
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Names of the witches (in Scotland) 1658 – Welcome Library
The Welcome Library has recently published a fascinating book from 1658 to c1662 with a list of witches named in Scotland. The original manuscript list is written by several hands, but also contains a later transcript. The original document is endorsed: ‘Names of the witches. 1658’. There is one short section on Renfrewshire. You can…
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History Scotland Podcast featuring the Urban Historian
A few weeks ago, Stephen in his role as the Vice-chair & Historian of Paisley Thread Mill Museum spoke with Neil from History Scotland Magazine for one of their Podcasts. You can listen to the full broadcast through the link below. The Paisley Thread Mill Museum portion starts at 16 minutes in. https://soundcloud.com/user-42264641/history-scotland-podcast-episode-28-grand-central-paisley-thread-mill-museum#t=16:00
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“Royal Victoria”
Paisley in March 1838 On the 1st of March 1838 Messers Barr and McNab of the Abercorn launched the first ever steamer built on the white Cart. This iron boat was 38.1 meters in length a breadth of 4.27 meters and had a depth of 2.84 meters. The hull weighed 45 tons. The Royal Victoria…
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County and Sheriff Court Buildings
By an arrangement entered into between the County and Burgh authorities, an Act of Parliament was obtained in 1887, under which the County authorities renounced their interest in the old County Buildings in County Square, and they erected the new County Buildings, which contain a County Hall, offices for the County Clerk, Treasurer and Collector,…
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Free Library and Museum
Ionic in style, with a tetrastyla portico and wings, this fine building was gifted to the town by the late Sir Peter Coats of Woodside. Originally £15,000 was expended on the structure, which was handed by the donor to the town, on condition that the Free Library Act was adopted. It was opened for public…
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