Category: News
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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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Paisley Heritage Visitors Map
Our Heritage Visitors Map is now available online at http://theurbanhistorian.co.uk/paisley-visitors-map/ The map is still under development and new sites are being added every few weeks. Please tell us what you think of the map. The content for each site is being updated when time permits.
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