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id="toc-Economic_change" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economic_change"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.4</span> <span>Economic change</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economic_change-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-20th_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#20th_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>20th century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-20th_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-First_World_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_World_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>First World War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_World_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bottled_snail_incident" class="vector-toc-list-item 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#21st_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>21st century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-21st_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regeneration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regeneration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>Regeneration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regeneration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Governance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Governance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Governance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Governance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_services"> <div 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class="mw-page-title-main">Paisley, Renfrewshire</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley" title="Paisley – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Paisley" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peysli" title="Peysli – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Peysli" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Пейслі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Пейслі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Пейзли – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пейзли" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A0islig" title="Pàislig – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pàislig" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley" title="Paisley – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Paisley" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(kapital_sa_dapit_sa_konseho)" title="Paisley (kapital sa dapit sa konseho) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Paisley (kapital sa dapit sa konseho)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley" title="Paisley – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Paisley" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley,_Yr_Alban" title="Paisley, Yr Alban – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Paisley, Yr Alban" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley" title="Paisley – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Paisley" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley" title="Paisley – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Paisley" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley" title="Paisley – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Paisley" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(Skotlando)" title="Paisley (Skotlando) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Paisley (Skotlando)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley" title="Paisley – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Paisley" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%84%DB%8C" title="پیزلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پیزلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(%C3%89cosse)" title="Paisley (Écosse) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Paisley (Écosse)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A0islig" title="Pàislig – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Pàislig" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A0islig" title="Pàislig – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Pàislig" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a 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style="display:none">Town in the west central Lowlands of Scotland</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Town and administrative centre in Scotland</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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#aaa;padding-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place td,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}</style><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">Paisley<style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Paisley%2C_White_Cart_Water%2C_from_Seedhill.jpg/280px-Paisley%2C_White_Cart_Water%2C_from_Seedhill.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Paisley%2C_White_Cart_Water%2C_from_Seedhill.jpg/420px-Paisley%2C_White_Cart_Water%2C_from_Seedhill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Paisley%2C_White_Cart_Water%2C_from_Seedhill.jpg/560px-Paisley%2C_White_Cart_Water%2C_from_Seedhill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5964" data-file-height="3355" /></a></span><div>Paisley town centre with White Cart Water. Taken from Seedhill.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Renfrewshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paisley is located in Renfrewshire"><img alt="Paisley is located in Renfrewshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Renfrewshire_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Renfrewshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Renfrewshire_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Renfrewshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Renfrewshire_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Renfrewshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1168" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.564%;left:80.023%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Paisley"><img alt="Paisley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Paisley</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">79,369 <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=55.840831~-4.420971&lvl=13&sp=Point.55.840831_-4.420971_Paisley&sty=s&style=s">NS485635</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></th><td class="infobox-data">49 mi (79 km) <a href="/wiki/Boxing_the_compass" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxing the compass">E</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of Scotland">Lieutenancy area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_(historic)" title="Renfrewshire (historic)">Renfrewshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">PAISLEY</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PA_postcode_area" title="PA postcode area">PA1 – PA3</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0141 & 01505</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Scottish Fire and Rescue Service">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Ambulance_Service" title="Scottish Ambulance Service">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire North</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire South</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://paisley.org.uk">paisley<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&params=55_50_44_N_04_25_26_W_region:GB_type:city(79369)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°50′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">04°25′26″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.84556°N 4.42389°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.84556; -4.42389</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paisley</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">PAYZ</span>-lee</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">Paisley</i>; <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Pàislig</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[ˈpʰaːʃlɪkʲ]</a></span>) is a large town situated in the west <a href="/wiki/Central_Lowlands" title="Central Lowlands">central Lowlands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. Located north of the <a href="/wiki/Gleniffer_Braes" title="Gleniffer Braes">Gleniffer Braes</a>, the town borders the city of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> to the east, and straddles the banks of the <a href="/wiki/White_Cart_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="White Cart Water">White Cart Water</a>, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">River Clyde</a>. </p><p>Paisley serves as the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">administrative centre</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a> <a href="/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas of Scotland">council area</a>, and is the largest town in the <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Scotland">historic county</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_(historic)" title="Renfrewshire (historic)">same name</a>. It is often cited as "Scotland's largest town" and is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Scotland_by_population" title="List of towns and cities in Scotland by population">fifth largest settlement in the country</a>, although it does not have city status. </p><p>The town became prominent in the 12th century, with the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Abbey" title="Paisley Abbey">Paisley Abbey</a>, an important religious hub which formerly had control over other local churches. Paisley expanded significantly during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> as a result of its location beside White Cart Water, with access to the Clyde and nearby ore, mineral and agricultural resources. Factories and mills developed leading to an increase in the town's population. The town's associations with political <a href="/wiki/Radicalism_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radicalism (historical)">radicalism</a> were highlighted by its involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Radical_War" title="Radical War">Radical War</a> of 1820, with striking weavers being instrumental in the protests. </p><p>By the late 19th century, Paisley was a global centre of the <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaving</a> industry, giving its name to the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_shawl" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley shawl">Paisley shawl</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(design)" title="Paisley (design)">Paisley pattern</a>. However, industrial decline followed in the 20th century. By 1993, all of Paisley's mills had closed, although they are memorialised in the town's museums and civic history.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town now functions as a regional centre for local governance and services as well as a residential commuting area within the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Glasgow" title="Greater Glasgow">Greater Glasgow</a> urban region. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coates_Memorial_Church,_Paisley,_Scotland_LOC_3449508871.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Coates_Memorial_Church%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland_LOC_3449508871.jpg/220px-Coates_Memorial_Church%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland_LOC_3449508871.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Coates_Memorial_Church%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland_LOC_3449508871.jpg/330px-Coates_Memorial_Church%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland_LOC_3449508871.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Coates_Memorial_Church%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland_LOC_3449508871.jpg/440px-Coates_Memorial_Church%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland_LOC_3449508871.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="777" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Coats_Paisley" title="Coats Paisley">Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church</a>, Paisley, Scotland, ca. 1890–1900.</figcaption></figure> <p>Formerly and variously known as <i>Paislay</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Passelet</i>, <i>Passeleth</i>, and <i>Passelay</i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the burgh's name is of uncertain origin; some sources suggest a derivation either from the <a href="/wiki/Brittonic_languages" title="Brittonic languages">Brittonic</a> word <i>pasgill</i>, "pasture", or from the <a href="/wiki/Cumbric" title="Cumbric">Cumbric</a> <i>basaleg</i>, "basilica", (i.e. major church), derived from the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> βασιλική <i>basilika</i>. Some Scottish placename books suggest "Pæssa's wood/clearing", from the Old English personal name <i>Pæssa</i>, "clearing", and <i>leāh</i>, "wood". Pasilege (1182) and Paslie (1214) are recorded previous spellings of the name. The Gaelic translation is <i>Pàislig</i>. </p><p>It is worth noting that some sources favour the name of the town as having its roots in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Irish" title="Middle Irish">Gaelic</a> word <i>Baisleac</i>, which is, like the Cumbric <i>basaleg</i>, derived from <i>basilika</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Paisley was part of the Cumbric speaking <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde" title="Kingdom of Strathclyde">Kingdom of Strathclyde</a>, before being absorbed into the Gaelic speaking <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Alba" title="Kingdom of Alba">Kingdom of Alba</a> in the 11th century, and with Cumbric being considered extinct by the 12th century, it is uncertain whether the name of Paisley is of Cumbric or Gaelic origin, due to the linguistic shift that occurred around this time. </p><p>The Roman name for Paisley was Vanduara.<sup id="cite_ref-Sturrock_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sturrock-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paisley has monastic origins. A chapel is said to have been established by the 6th / 7th-century Irish monk, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Mirin" title="Saint Mirin">Saint Mirin</a>, at a site near a waterfall on the White Cart Water known as the Hammils. Though Paisley lacks contemporary documentation it may have been, along with <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Govan" title="Govan">Govan</a>, a major religious centre of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde" title="Kingdom of Strathclyde">Kingdom of Strathclyde</a>. A priory was established in 1163 from the <a href="/wiki/Cluny_Abbey" title="Cluny Abbey">Cluniac</a> <a href="/wiki/Priory" title="Priory">priory</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wenlock_Priory" title="Wenlock Priory">Wenlock</a> in Shropshire, England at the behest of <a href="/wiki/Walter_fitz_Alan,_Steward_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter fitz Alan, Steward of Scotland">Walter fitz Alan, Steward of Scotland</a> (died 1177). In 1245 this was raised to the status of an abbey. The restored <a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">Abbey</a> and adjacent 'Place' (palace), constructed out of part of the medieval claustral buildings, survive as a <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> parish church. One of Scotland's major religious houses, <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Abbey" title="Paisley Abbey">Paisley Abbey</a> was much favoured by the <a href="/wiki/Bruce" title="Bruce">Bruce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clan_Stewart" title="Clan Stewart">Stewart</a> royal families. King <a href="/wiki/Robert_III_of_Scotland" title="Robert III of Scotland">Robert III</a> (1390–1406) was buried in the Abbey. His tomb has not survived, but that of Princess <a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Bruce" title="Marjorie Bruce">Marjorie Bruce</a> (1296–1316), ancestor of the Stewarts, is one of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>'s few royal monuments to survive the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reformation" title="Scottish Reformation">Reformation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paisley coalesced under <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_Scotland" title="James II of Scotland">James II</a>'s wish that the lands should become a single regality and, as a result, markets, trading and commerce began to flourish. In 1488 the town's status was raised by <a href="/wiki/James_IV_of_Scotland" title="James IV of Scotland">James IV</a> to <a href="/wiki/Burgh_of_barony" title="Burgh of barony">Burgh of barony</a>. Many trades sprang up and the first school was established in 1577 by the Town Council.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Witch_Trials">Witch Trials</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Witch Trials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Paisley_witches" title="Paisley witches">Paisley witches</a>, also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley in 1697. Seven were convicted and five were hanged and then burnt on the Gallow Green. Their remains were buried at Maxwelton Cross in the west end of the town. This was the last mass execution for witchcraft in western Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A horse shoe was placed on top of the site to lock in the evil. A horse shoe is still visible in the middle of this busy road junction today—though not the original. The modern shoe is made of bronze and bears the inscription, "Pain Inflicted, Suffering Endured, Injustice Done".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th_and_19th_centuries">18th and 19th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 18th and 19th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Industrial_Revolution">Industrial Revolution</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Industrial Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paisley_mill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Paisley_mill.jpg/220px-Paisley_mill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Paisley_mill.jpg/330px-Paisley_mill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Paisley_mill.jpg/440px-Paisley_mill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Anchor Mills (1886) – a remnant of Paisley's Victorian industrial heritage.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, based on the textile industry, turned Paisley from a small market town to an important industrial town in the late 18th century. Initially beginning with small scale weaving (as took place at the Sma’ Shot cottages located in Shuttle Street), Paisley's location and workforce attracted English mill owners; migrants from <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</a> and the Highlands poured into a town that offered jobs to women and children until silk fell out of fashion in 1790.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mills switched to the imitation Kashmir (cashmere) <a href="/wiki/Shawl" title="Shawl">shawls</a> called "Paisley". Under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Coats" title="Thomas Coats">Thomas Coats</a> (1809–1893), Paisley became the world centre for thread making. Mills and textile factories grew from the late 18th century, coming to dominate the town in the late <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a>. These include the Anchor and Seedhill mills, as well as the adjacent Atlantic, Pacific and Mile End mills.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another example was Underwood Mill, a <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> mill founded in the 1780s which was later rebuilt as a thread mill in the 1860s (it fell into disuse in the 1970s).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other thread mills include Oakshaw thread works (later used by <a href="/wiki/Arrol-Johnston" title="Arrol-Johnston">Arrol-Johnston</a> car manufacturers) and the Burnside thread works.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Origins_of_Paisley_Shawls">Origins of Paisley Shawls</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Origins of Paisley Shawls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the mid-19th century weaving had become the town's principal industry. The Paisley weavers' most famous products were the shawls, which bore the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(design)" title="Paisley (design)">Paisley Pattern</a> made fashionable after being worn by a young <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>. Despite being of a <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmiri</a> design and manufactured in other parts of Europe, the teardrop-like pattern soon became known by Paisley's name across the western world.<sup id="cite_ref-renfrewshire1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renfrewshire1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the shawls dropped out of fashion in the 1870s, the Paisley pattern remains an important symbol of the town: the Paisley Museum maintains a significant collection of the original shawls in this design, and it has been used, for example, in the modern logo of <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_Council" title="Renfrewshire Council">Renfrewshire Council</a>, the local authority.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Monique Lévi-Strauss,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> information<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the history of Kashmir shawls'<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> weaving techniques had been described in books, but in a very unintelligible language. John Irwin<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> published a book named Shawls,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Study in Indo-European Influences, in 1955,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which he relates the Kashmir shawl's history and how these shawls spread on the European market during the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book showed images of shawls<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> woven in India and also fifteen images of shawls woven in United Kingdom, amongst which is one assigned to a Paisley manufacture, circa 1850. But according to Monique Lévi-Strauss, it resembles by many details a shawl designed by a French<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designer named Antony Berrus, born in 1815 at Nîmes-France and died in 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-levi_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-levi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The designer studied at the drawing School of Nîmes, before settling in Paris and opening in the French capital his own successful design studio, which employed 200 designers. His textile drawings were sold to Lyon in France, in Scotland, in England, in Austria and also in Kashmir. The fact that shawl patterns drawings were made in Europe, sold there and also to India, made the research work extremely difficult, in order to give a precise location of manufacture. Therefore, in 1973, John Irwin published an update of his book, named as The Kashmir Shawl, in which he removed all the images of the shawls related to a European manufacturing.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Monique Lévi-Strauss clearly states that her research led her to focus on the shawls creative industries in France in the 19th century, for the reason that the shawl industries in the United Kingdom (Paisley), Austria (Vienna), Germany (Elberfeld) were inspired by France (Paris) and never the opposite. The author then invited textile specialists from these countries to conduct research on their own field. Monique Lévi-Strauss notes the large influence that Kashmir had on the French shawl creative industries, narrowly linking the French history of Kashmir shawls to the Indian ones.<sup id="cite_ref-levi_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-levi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Paisley_from_Saucelhill_Park,_Renfrewshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/View_of_Paisley_from_Saucelhill_Park%2C_Renfrewshire.jpg/220px-View_of_Paisley_from_Saucelhill_Park%2C_Renfrewshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/View_of_Paisley_from_Saucelhill_Park%2C_Renfrewshire.jpg/330px-View_of_Paisley_from_Saucelhill_Park%2C_Renfrewshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/View_of_Paisley_from_Saucelhill_Park%2C_Renfrewshire.jpg/440px-View_of_Paisley_from_Saucelhill_Park%2C_Renfrewshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4882" data-file-height="2595" /></a><figcaption>View of Paisley from Saucelhill Park including the now converted Seedhill Mill</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Political_radicalism">Political radicalism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political radicalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The high-status skilled weavers mobilised themselves in radical protests after 1790, culminating in the failed <a href="/wiki/Radical_War" title="Radical War">Radical War</a> between 1816 and 1820. Through its weaving fraternity, Paisley gained notoriety as being a literate and somewhat radical town. Political intrigue, early trades unionism and reforming zeal came together to produce mass demonstrations, cavalry charges down the high street, public riots and trials for treason. Documentation from the period indicates that overthrow of the government was even contemplated by some.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The weavers of Paisley were certainly active in the 'Radical War'. The perceived radical nature of the inhabitants prompted the Tory Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli</a> to comment "Keep your eye on Paisley". The poet <a href="/wiki/Robert_Tannahill" title="Robert Tannahill">Robert Tannahill</a> lived in this setting, working as a weaver. Paisley's annual Sma' Shot Day celebrations held on the first Saturday of July <sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were initiated in 1856 to commemorate a 19th-century dispute between weavers and employers over payment for "sma' shot" – a small cotton thread which, although unseen, was necessary in holding together garments.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A permanent military presence was established in the town with the completion of <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Barracks" title="Paisley Barracks">Paisley Barracks</a> in 1822.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Economic_change">Economic change</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economic change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The economic crisis of 1841–43 hit Paisley hard as most of the mills shut down. Among the mill owners, 67 of 112 went bankrupt. A quarter of the population was on poor relief. The Prime Minister, Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Robert Peel</a> decided to act. He secured additional funds for relief and sent his own representative to the town to supervise its distribution. He convinced Queen Victoria to wear Paisley products in order to popularise the products and stimulate demand.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overproduction, the collapse of the shawl market and a general depression in the textile industry led to technical changes that reduced the importance of weavers. Politically the mill owners remained in control of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, other industrial development continued in and around Paisley outside of textiles, including the development of <a href="/wiki/Ironstone" title="Ironstone">ironstone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oil_shale" title="Oil shale">oil shale</a> extraction at <a href="/wiki/Inkerman,_Renfrewshire" title="Inkerman, Renfrewshire">Inkerman</a>. The town also had numerous other industries, examples include numerous engineering works, as well as a distillery, ironwork, dye works and tanneries.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> of 1861–1865 <a href="/wiki/King_Cotton" title="King Cotton">cut off cotton supplies</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Textile_mill" class="mw-redirect" title="Textile mill">textile mills</a> of Paisley. The mills in 1861 had a stock of cotton in reserve, but by 1862 there were large-scale shortages and shutdowns. There were no alternative jobs for the workers, and local authorities refused to provide relief. Voluntary relief efforts were inadequate, and the unemployed workers refused to go to workhouses. Workers blamed not the United States, but rather the officials in London for their hardship and did not support the idea of war with the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the cotton mills either closed or were converted to thread manufacture which became the main focus of the textile industry in Paisley until the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_World_War">First World War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PaisleyMap1923.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/PaisleyMap1923.jpg/220px-PaisleyMap1923.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/PaisleyMap1923.jpg/330px-PaisleyMap1923.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/PaisleyMap1923.jpg/440px-PaisleyMap1923.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="802" /></a><figcaption>Map of Paisley in early 1900s</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paisley_War_Memorial.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Paisley_War_Memorial.JPG/220px-Paisley_War_Memorial.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Paisley_War_Memorial.JPG/330px-Paisley_War_Memorial.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Paisley_War_Memorial.JPG/440px-Paisley_War_Memorial.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2056" data-file-height="3088" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paisley_War_Memorial" title="Paisley War Memorial">Paisley War Memorial</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Paisley suffered heavy losses in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. <a href="/wiki/Paisley_War_Memorial" title="Paisley War Memorial">Paisley War Memorial</a> was designed by Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lorimer" title="Robert Lorimer">Robert Lorimer</a> (other sources say <a href="/wiki/Harold_Tarbolton" title="Harold Tarbolton">Harold Tarbolton</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) in 1922 and depicts <a href="/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce" title="Robert the Bruce">Robert the Bruce</a> going into battle on horseback escorted by footsoldiers dressed as <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> infantry soldiers. It was sculpted by <a href="/wiki/Alice_Meredith_Williams" title="Alice Meredith Williams">Alice Meredith Williams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bottled_snail_incident">Bottled snail incident</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bottled snail incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paisley was also the site of an incident that gave rise to a major legal precedent. In a Paisley cafe in 1928, a woman claimed to find a dead snail in a bottle of ginger beer, and became ill. She sued the manufacturer for negligence. At the time a manufacturer was considered liable only if there was a contract in place with the harmed party. After <i><a href="/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson" title="Donoghue v Stevenson">Donoghue v Stevenson</a></i>, a precedent was established that manufacturers (and other "neighbours" or fellow citizens) owe a duty not to do foreseeable harm to others by negligence, regardless of contractual obligations, which paved the way for modern <a href="/wiki/Tort" title="Tort">tort</a> law. The case is often called the "Paisley snail".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owing to its industrial roots, Paisley, like many industrial towns in <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a>, became a target for German <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> bombers during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Although it was not bombed as heavily as nearby <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Clydebank_Blitz" title="Clydebank Blitz">Clydebank Blitz</a>), air raids still occurred periodically during the early years of the war, killing nearly a hundred people in several separate incidents; on 6 May 1941, a parachute mine was dropped in the early hours of the morning claiming 92 victims; this is billed the worst disaster in Paisley's history.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Gleniffer_Braes" title="Gleniffer Braes">Gleniffer Braes</a>, on the southern outskirts of Paisley, are home to a number of "decoy ponds" (mock airfields) used by the RAF after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> as part of a project code-named "Starfish Decoy" designed to confuse German spies.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Industrial_decline">Industrial decline</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Industrial decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paisley, as with other areas in Renfrewshire, was at one time famous for its <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Textile_industry" title="Textile industry">textile</a> industries. As a consequence, the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_pattern" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley pattern">Paisley pattern</a> has long symbolic associations with the town. Until the <a href="/wiki/Jacquard_loom" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacquard loom">Jacquard loom</a> was introduced in the 1820s, weaving was a <a href="/wiki/Cottage_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Cottage industry">cottage industry</a>. This innovation led to the industrialisation of the process and many larger mills were created in the town. Also as a consequence of greater mechanisation, many weavers lost their livelihoods and left for Canada and Australia. Paisley was for many years a centre for the manufacture of cotton sewing <a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">thread</a>. At the heyday of Paisley thread manufacture in the 1930s, there were 28,000 people employed in the huge Anchor and Ferguslie mills of <a href="/wiki/Coats_Group" title="Coats Group">J & P Coats Ltd</a>, said to be the largest of their kind in the world at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1950s, the mills diversified into the production of synthetic threads but production diminished rapidly as a result of less expensive imports from overseas and the establishment of mills in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> by J & P Coats. By the end of the 1993, there was no thread being produced in Paisley.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town also supported a number of engineering works some of which relied on the textile industry, others on <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">shipbuilding</a>. Paisley once had five shipyards including John Fullerton and Company (1866–1928), <a href="/wiki/Bow,_McLachlan_and_Company" title="Bow, McLachlan and Company">Bow, McLachlan and Company</a> (1872–1932) and <a href="/wiki/Fleming_and_Ferguson" title="Fleming and Ferguson">Fleming and Ferguson</a> (1877–1969).<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brown_%26_Polson%27s.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Brown_%26_Polson%27s.JPG/220px-Brown_%26_Polson%27s.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Brown_%26_Polson%27s.JPG/330px-Brown_%26_Polson%27s.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Brown_%26_Polson%27s.JPG/440px-Brown_%26_Polson%27s.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2374" data-file-height="1892" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement for Brown & Polson's, 1894</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferguslie_Thread_Works,_Paisley,_Scotland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Ferguslie_Thread_Works%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland.jpg/220px-Ferguslie_Thread_Works%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Ferguslie_Thread_Works%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland.jpg/330px-Ferguslie_Thread_Works%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Ferguslie_Thread_Works%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland.jpg/440px-Ferguslie_Thread_Works%2C_Paisley%2C_Scotland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1218" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement for the Ferguslie Thread Works in the 1867 Paris World Fair catalogue</figcaption></figure> <p>A number of food manufacture companies existed in Paisley. The preserve manufacturer <a href="/wiki/James_Robertson_(grocer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Robertson (grocer)">Robertsons</a> began in Paisley as a grocer whose wife started making <a href="/wiki/Marmalade" title="Marmalade">marmalade</a> from oranges in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This product was successful and a factory was opened in Storie Street, Paisley, to produce it in 1866 and additional factories were later opened in Manchester, London and Bristol.<sup id="cite_ref-Moisley_1962_297_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moisley_1962_297-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was taken over by <a href="/wiki/Rank_Hovis_McDougall" title="Rank Hovis McDougall">Rank Hovis McDougall</a> who closed its Stevenson Street factory and transferred production to England in the 1970s. Brown and Polson was formed in Paisley in 1840 and two years later started producing <a href="/wiki/Starch" title="Starch">starch</a> for the weaving trades, by 1860 it was making food products including its patent <a href="/wiki/Cornstarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornstarch">cornflour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moisley_1962_297_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moisley_1962_297-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It later became CPC Foods Ltd,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Unilever" title="Unilever">Unilever</a>, which produced <a href="/wiki/Hellmann%27s_and_Best_Foods" title="Hellmann's and Best Foods">Hellmann's</a> <a href="/wiki/Mayonnaise" title="Mayonnaise">mayonnaise</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerber_Products_Company" title="Gerber Products Company">Gerber</a> baby foods and <a href="/wiki/Knorr_(brand)" title="Knorr (brand)">Knorr</a> soups. The company ceased production in Paisley in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Piazza shopping centre was opened by <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> in 1970 and has since been modernised several times.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1981 <a href="/wiki/Peugeot" title="Peugeot">Peugeot Talbot</a>, formerly <a href="/wiki/Chrysler" title="Chrysler">Chrysler</a> and before that <a href="/wiki/Rootes_Group" title="Rootes Group">Rootes</a>, announced that its <a href="/wiki/Linwood,_Renfrewshire" title="Linwood, Renfrewshire">Linwood</a> factory just outside Paisley would cease production. This led to the loss of almost 5,000 jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-allan_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allan-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one time <a href="/wiki/M%26Co." title="M&Co.">M&Co.</a> (Mackays) had its head office in Caledonia House in Paisley.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paisley had several <a href="/wiki/Cinemas" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinemas">cinemas</a> in the town, all of which have since closed, including the Palladium (closed 1960s), the Regal, the La Scala Picture House (the B listed art deco 1912 facade of the cinema is now the entrance to the Paisley Centre) and the Kelburne.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regeneration">Regeneration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Regeneration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, the town launched its bid to become UK City of Culture in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 July 2017 Paisley was announced as one of five shortlisted candidates,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 December 2017 it lost to <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>. Following the announcement, Renfrewshire Council and the Paisley 2021 Board stated that Paisley's "journey will continue" and that the bid process was "just the beginning" for regeneration processes in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Funding acquired during the City of Culture bid has led to multi-million pound regenerations for many of the town's key attractions.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This includes a £22million refurbishment to the Town Hall which reopened in October 2023,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a new £7million Central Library and Learning Hub on the High Street which opened November 2023,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a £45million transformation of Paisley Museum due to be completed in late 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renfrewshire Council also maintains its Townscape Heritage Initiative and Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme to provide grants to property owners in Paisley and the surrounding areas to carry out historic building repair and traditional shopfront reinstatement.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paisley is the administrative centre for the <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">council area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_Council" title="Renfrewshire Council">Renfrewshire Council</a>, and also lies within the <a href="/wiki/Registration_county" title="Registration county">registration county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_(historic)" title="Renfrewshire (historic)">the same name</a>. The town is divided into <a href="/wiki/Community_council#Scotland" title="Community council">Community Councils</a> for representation at the most local level.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paisley in represented in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_Adam" title="George Adam">George Adam MSP</a>, who holds the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley seat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a> the town is divided between two constituencies covering the whole of Renfrewshire: <a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire North">Paisley and Renfrewshire North</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alison_Taylor_(politician)" title="Alison Taylor (politician)">Alison Taylor MP</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South">Paisley and Renfrewshire South</a> (<a href="/wiki/Johanna_Baxter" title="Johanna Baxter">Johanna Baxter MP</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_services">Public services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Public services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Renfrewshire_county.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Renfrewshire_county.jpg/220px-Renfrewshire_county.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Renfrewshire_county.jpg/330px-Renfrewshire_county.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Renfrewshire_county.jpg/440px-Renfrewshire_county.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="471" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Sheriff_Court" title="Paisley Sheriff Court">Paisley Sheriff Court</a> and former County Buildings</figcaption></figure> <p>Paisley lies within the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Division of the Scottish <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> service and is one of three Area Commands in that division.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paisley is divided into five community policing areas: Paisley North-west (incorporating Glasgow Airport); Paisley South-west; Paisley East and Ralston; Paisley South; Gallowhill (as part of Renfrew and Gallowhill).<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gallowhill is covered by the Renfrew Area Command. For judicial purposes, the area forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Sheriffdom" title="Sheriffdom">sheriffdom</a> of North Strathclyde and <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor">public prosecutions</a> are directed by the <a href="/wiki/Procurator_Fiscal" class="mw-redirect" title="Procurator Fiscal">Procurator Fiscal</a> for <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Clyde" title="Argyll and Clyde">Argyll and Clyde</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/NHS_Greater_Glasgow_and_Clyde" title="NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde">NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde</a> is the <a href="/wiki/NHS_Scotland" title="NHS Scotland">National Health Service</a> Board serving Paisley and the town's main hospital with <a href="/wiki/Accident_and_emergency" class="mw-redirect" title="Accident and emergency">accident and emergency</a> facilities is the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Alexandra_Hospital,_Paisley" title="Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley">Royal Alexandra Hospital</a>. <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_Fire_and_Rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="Strathclyde Fire and Rescue">Strathclyde Fire and Rescue</a> is the statutory <a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire services in Scotland">fire and rescue service</a> covering Paisley, with one community <a href="/wiki/Fire_station" title="Fire station">fire station</a> on the town's Canal Street.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Water_industry" title="Water industry">Water</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sewerage" title="Sewerage">sewerage</a> is provided in Paisley by <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Water" title="Scottish Water">Scottish Water</a>, a public body, and water and sewerage charges are collected alongside <a href="/wiki/Council_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Council tax">council tax</a> by <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_Council" title="Renfrewshire Council">Renfrewshire Council</a>, the local authority, on its behalf. Renfrewshire Council is also responsible for the provision of <a href="/wiki/Waste_management" title="Waste management">waste management</a> in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paisley's <a href="/wiki/Distribution_network_operator" title="Distribution network operator">distribution network operator</a>, the organisation licensed to transmit electricity from the <a href="/wiki/National_Grid_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Grid (UK)">National Grid</a> to consumers, is <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Power">Scottish Power</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_climate">Geography and climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renfrew" title="Renfrew">Renfrew</a></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Elderslie,_Scotland" title="Elderslie, Scotland">Elderslie</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Paisley, Renfrewshire</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barrhead" title="Barrhead">Barrhead</a></td> <td></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geography">Geography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paisley sits primarily on an expanse of low ground around 12 metres (40 ft) above sea level surrounding the <a href="/wiki/White_Cart_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="White Cart Water">White Cart Water</a>, which runs through the town centre. There are some hills and ridges which have been absorbed as the town has expanded.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement is historically centred on Oakshaw, an area surrounding a hill to the north of the current High Street. Oakshaw is a <a href="/wiki/Conservation_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation area">conservation area</a>, and on the high ground many of Paisley's significant buildings can be found, such as the <a href="/wiki/High_Kirk" class="mw-redirect" title="High Kirk">High Kirk</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Coats_Observatory,_Paisley" class="mw-redirect" title="Coats Observatory, Paisley">Coats Observatory</a> and the former John Neilson Institution, which was once a school and is now converted into residential flats.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paisley expanded steadily, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian eras</a>, creating many suburbs. <a href="/wiki/Castlehead,_Paisley" class="mw-redirect" title="Castlehead, Paisley">Castlehead</a> is a wooded <a href="/wiki/Conservation_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation area">conservation area</a> primarily made up of Victorian villas where many of the town's leading industrialists made their homes in the late 19th century. <a href="/wiki/Thornly_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Thornly Park">Thornly Park</a> is another conservation area, to the south of the town, just off Neilston Road toward <a href="/wiki/Barrhead" title="Barrhead">Barrhead</a>. It contains a variety of architecture ranging from <a href="/wiki/Mock_Tudor" class="mw-redirect" title="Mock Tudor">mock Tudor</a> to <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a>. Many of the houses were designed by W. D. McLennan, a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rennie_MacIntosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Rennie MacIntosh">Charles Rennie MacIntosh</a>. McLennan also designed several local churches such as St Matthew's Church.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Particularly following the Housing Act 1946, modern Paisley grew into the surrounding countryside, and several large residential areas were created in the post-war period. These include portions of <a href="/wiki/Glenburn,_Paisley" title="Glenburn, Paisley">Glenburn</a> (south), <a href="/wiki/Foxbar" title="Foxbar">Foxbar</a> (south west), <a href="/wiki/Ferguslie_Park" title="Ferguslie Park">Ferguslie Park</a> (north west), <a href="/wiki/Gallowhill" title="Gallowhill">Gallowhill</a> (North East) and Hunterhill (South East). <a href="/wiki/Gockston" class="mw-redirect" title="Gockston">Gockston</a> in the far north of the town has many terraced houses, and after regeneration has many detached and semi-detached houses as well as several blocks of flats. <a href="/wiki/Dykebar,_Paisley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dykebar, Paisley">Dykebar</a>, to the south east of the town centre, is a residential area which is also the site of <a href="/wiki/Dykebar_Hospital" title="Dykebar Hospital">Dykebar Hospital</a>, a secure psychiatric hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local parks include <a href="/wiki/Fountain_Gardens,_Paisley" title="Fountain Gardens, Paisley">Fountain Gardens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barshaw_Park" title="Barshaw Park">Barshaw Park</a>. </p><p>On the outskirts of the town are a number of settlements such as <a href="/wiki/Ralston,_Renfrewshire" title="Ralston, Renfrewshire">Ralston</a>, a residential area in the far east bordering the city of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>. Ralston was outside the Paisley burgh boundary when constructed in the 1930s, but as a result of local authority reorganisation in the 1990s, it is now a suburb of Paisley. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Paisley,<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> elevation: 16 m or 52 ft, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.8<br />(5.4) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.5<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.3<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.1<br />(30.0) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.8<br />(19.8) </td> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.5<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−14.8<br />(5.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #24FF24; color:#000000;" class="notheme">146.4<br />(5.76) </td> <td style="background: #42FF42; color:#000000;" class="notheme">115.2<br />(4.54) </td> <td style="background: #6DFF6D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.4<br />(3.83) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.1<br />(2.60) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.8<br />(2.71) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(2.67) </td> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.9<br />(3.26) </td> <td style="background: #71FF71; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.8<br />(3.73) </td> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.4<br />(3.87) </td> <td style="background: #3AFF3A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">131.8<br />(5.19) </td> <td style="background: #34FF34; color:#000000;" class="notheme">131.8<br />(5.19) </td> <td style="background: #0EFF0E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161.4<br />(6.35) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,262.8<br />(49.72) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.7 </td> <td style="background: #3737FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.7 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.8 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.9 </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.9 </td> <td style="background: #3737FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.2 </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.3 </td> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.9 </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">174.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #464646; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.6 </td> <td style="background: #868686; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.3 </td> <td style="background: #AFAF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104.3 </td> <td style="background: #C2C218; color:#000000;" class="notheme">141.4 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">186.8 </td> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.6 </td> <td style="background: #C4C409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">151.5 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">145.5 </td> <td style="background: #B5B564; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.6 </td> <td style="background: #9D9D9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.3 </td> <td style="background: #656565; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53.9 </td> <td style="background: #3D3D3D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">33.7 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,279.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Met Office <sup id="cite_ref-PaisleyStats_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaisleyStats-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: KNMI/Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute<sup id="cite_ref-AnomalyMaps_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnomalyMaps-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Weather station is located 7 mi (11 km) from the Glasgow city centre.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public sector organisations in Paisley include the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_Council" title="Renfrewshire Council">Renfrewshire Council</a>, the largest campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_of_Scotland" title="University of the West of Scotland">University of the West of Scotland</a>, the Paisley campus of <a href="/wiki/West_College_Scotland" title="West College Scotland">West College Scotland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Alexandra_Hospital,_Paisley" title="Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley">Royal Alexandra Hospital</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow Airport</a>, located on the northern edge of Paisley, is also a significant employer and part of the area's transport infrastructure. The airline <a href="/wiki/Loganair" title="Loganair">Loganair</a>'s registered office is located within the airport complex.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GlasgowAirportatnight7d.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GlasgowAirportatnight7d.jpg/220px-GlasgowAirportatnight7d.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GlasgowAirportatnight7d.jpg/330px-GlasgowAirportatnight7d.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GlasgowAirportatnight7d.jpg/440px-GlasgowAirportatnight7d.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow Airport</a> in Paisley's Abbotsinch area.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Whisky" title="Whisky">Scotch whisky</a> blenders and bottlers <a href="/wiki/Chivas_Regal" title="Chivas Regal">Chivas Brothers</a>, now a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Pernod_Ricard" title="Pernod Ricard">Pernod Ricard</a>, are also located in the town. </p><p>The site of the former Rootes/Chrysler/Talbot on the western outskirts of the town is now home to Phoenix Retail Park. Numerous private developers have invested, creating various retail outlets, vehicle showrooms, restaurants, a cinema complex, hotel and a business centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civic_buildings">Civic buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Civic buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Renfrewshire_House_Building,_Paisley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Renfrewshire_House_Building%2C_Paisley.jpg/220px-Renfrewshire_House_Building%2C_Paisley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Renfrewshire_House_Building%2C_Paisley.jpg/330px-Renfrewshire_House_Building%2C_Paisley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Renfrewshire_House_Building%2C_Paisley.jpg/440px-Renfrewshire_House_Building%2C_Paisley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="856" /></a><figcaption>Renfrewshire House, headquarters of Renfrewshire Council</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paisley_Town_Hall_(geograph_6160460).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Paisley_Town_Hall_%28geograph_6160460%29.jpg/220px-Paisley_Town_Hall_%28geograph_6160460%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Paisley_Town_Hall_%28geograph_6160460%29.jpg/330px-Paisley_Town_Hall_%28geograph_6160460%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Paisley_Town_Hall_%28geograph_6160460%29.jpg/440px-Paisley_Town_Hall_%28geograph_6160460%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Town_Hall" title="Paisley Town Hall">Paisley Town Hall</a>, which has been converted into a centre for performing arts</figcaption></figure> <p>As the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">administrative centre</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_(historic)" title="Renfrewshire (historic)">county of Renfrewshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Renfrew_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Renfrew District">Renfrew District</a> and, currently, <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a> <a href="/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas of Scotland">council area</a>, Paisley is home to many significant civic buildings. <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Town_Hall" title="Paisley Town Hall">Paisley Town Hall</a>, adjacent to the Abbey, was funded by the will of <a href="/wiki/George_Aitken_Clark" title="George Aitken Clark">George Aitken Clark</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of the Clark family, owners of the Anchor Mills. In competition, Sir Peter Coats funded the construction of the modern <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Museum_and_Art_Galleries" title="Paisley Museum and Art Galleries">Paisley Museum</a> and Central Library (1871), also in a neo-Classical style. The Clarks and Coats families dominated Paisley industry until their companies merged in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-renfrewshire1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renfrewshire1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renfrewshire's former County Buildings, Police Station and Jail on County Square were demolished in 1821, and the County Council then met in a newer neo-classical building, completed in 1890, which now houses <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Sheriff_Court" title="Paisley Sheriff Court">Paisley Sheriff Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Renfrewshire House, the modern headquarters of Renfrewshire Council, was constructed as Paisley Civic Centre. Designed by Hutchison, Locke and Monk following a competition, the building was designed to house offices of both the county and town councils. It was intended to become a civic hub for Paisley but the absence of any shops and non-council premises prevented this from happening.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became the home of the Renfrew sub-region of <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde" title="Strathclyde">Strathclyde</a> Regional Council in 1975 and of <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a> Council in 1996. It is listed by the conservation organisation <a href="/wiki/DoCoMoMo" class="mw-redirect" title="DoCoMoMo">DoCoMoMo</a> as one of the <a href="/wiki/DoCoMoMo_Key_Scottish_Monuments" title="DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments">sixty key Scottish monuments</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Post-war" title="Post-war">post-war</a> period. </p><p>Other civic buildings of interest include the <a href="/wiki/Russell_Institute" title="Russell Institute">Russell Institute</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Art_deco" class="mw-redirect" title="Art deco">art deco</a> building constructed in 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_sites">Religious sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Religious sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PaisleyAbbey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/PaisleyAbbey.jpg/220px-PaisleyAbbey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/PaisleyAbbey.jpg/330px-PaisleyAbbey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/PaisleyAbbey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="366" data-file-height="223" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Abbey" title="Paisley Abbey">Paisley Abbey</a> was the burial place of many Scottish kings of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Stewart" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Stewart">House of Stewart</a> during the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries</figcaption></figure><p> Most noticeable among the buildings of Paisley is its <a href="/wiki/Medieval_architecture" title="Medieval architecture">medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">Abbey</a> in the centre of the town dating from the 12th century. The earliest surviving architecture is the south-east doorway in the nave from the cloister, which has a round arched doorway typical of Romanesque architecture which was the prevalent architectural style before the adoption of Gothic. The choir (east end) and tower date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are examples of <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival architecture</a>. They were reconstructed in three main phases of restorations with the tower and choir conforming to the designs of Dr Peter MacGregor Chalmers. The roof in the nave is the most recent of restorations with the plaster ceiling by Rev Dr Boog which was added in the 1790s being replaced by a timber roof in 1981. </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PaisleyCoatsChurch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/PaisleyCoatsChurch.jpg/220px-PaisleyCoatsChurch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/PaisleyCoatsChurch.jpg/330px-PaisleyCoatsChurch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/PaisleyCoatsChurch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="366" data-file-height="259" /></a><figcaption>Thomas Coats Memorial Church</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:High_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_387075.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/High_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_387075.jpg/220px-High_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_387075.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/High_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_387075.jpg/330px-High_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_387075.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/High_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_387075.jpg/440px-High_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_387075.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Trinity Church (Episcopal)</figcaption></figure> <p>Former <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Coats_Memorial_Baptist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church">Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church</a>, named for the industrialist <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Coats" title="Thomas Coats">Thomas Coats</a> (1809–1883), is an example of <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival architecture</a>. It dominates the town's skyline with its crown spire more than 60 m (197 ft) high. Opened in 1894 and designed by <a href="/wiki/Hippolyte_Blanc" title="Hippolyte Blanc">Hippolyte Jean Blanc</a><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was the largest <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> church in Europe. The exterior is made of old red sandstone. Inside, the church is decorated with wood carvings, mosaic floors and marble fonts. The church also contains a 3040 pipe Hill Organ. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/St_Mirin%27s_Cathedral" title="St Mirin's Cathedral">St Mirin's Cathedral</a> in Incle Street is the seat of the Catholic <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Paisley" title="Bishop of Paisley">Bishop of Paisley</a>. The church was completed in 1931 to replace an earlier building, in nearby East Buchanan Street, which dated from 1808. The original St Mirin's church was the first Catholic church to be built in Scotland since the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reformation" title="Scottish Reformation">Reformation</a>. With the erection of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Paisley" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Paisley">Diocese of Paisley</a> in 1947 the church was raised to cathedral status. </p><p><a href="/wiki/St_Matthew%27s_Church,_Paisley" title="St Matthew's Church, Paisley">St Matthew's Church</a> (<a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Nazarene" title="Church of the Nazarene">Church of the Nazarene</a>) at the junction of Gordon Street and Johnston Street is <a href="/wiki/Art_Nouveau" title="Art Nouveau">Art Nouveau</a> in style. Designed by local architect William Daniel McLennan, a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh" title="Charles Rennie Mackintosh">Charles Rennie Mackintosh</a>, it was built in 1905–07. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dating from circa 1160 <a href="/wiki/Blackhall_Manor" title="Blackhall Manor">Blackhall Manor</a> is the oldest building in Paisley. It was given to the Burgh of Paisley by the Shaw-Stewart family in 1940, but was threatened with demolition in 1978. It was privately purchased in 1982 and fully restored as a private dwelling. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dooslan_stone_in_Brodie_Park,_paisley.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Dooslan_stone_in_Brodie_Park%2C_paisley.JPG/220px-Dooslan_stone_in_Brodie_Park%2C_paisley.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Dooslan_stone_in_Brodie_Park%2C_paisley.JPG/330px-Dooslan_stone_in_Brodie_Park%2C_paisley.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Dooslan_stone_in_Brodie_Park%2C_paisley.JPG/440px-Dooslan_stone_in_Brodie_Park%2C_paisley.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>The Dooslan stane and the tolbooth bases in Brodie Park</figcaption></figure> <p>As a result of its historic textile industry, Paisley has many examples of <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> industrial architecture. Most notable is the Category A listed Anchor Mills, built in 1886. The building was converted in 2005 into residential flats.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Textiles have a longer history in Paisley, represented by the Sma' Shot cottages complex on Shuttle Street: a small public museum of weaving from its 18th-century origins as a <a href="/wiki/Cottage_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Cottage industry">cottage industry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another landmark connected with the textile industry is the Dooslan Stane or Stone. The stone was a meeting place of the Weavers Union in the south of Paisley; it was also used as a "<a href="/wiki/Soapbox" title="Soapbox">soapbox</a>" and was originally inscribed with its history (now largely faded). It was moved from its original site at the corner of Neilston Road and Rowan Street to its present location in Brodie Park. Also present, arranged around the Dooslan Stane, are the four original Paisley Tolbooth stones. The Dooslan Stane is still used today as the congregating point for the annual Sma' Shot parade which takes place on the first Saturday in July.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/High_Street_drill_hall,_Paisley" title="High Street drill hall, Paisley">High Street drill hall</a> was completed in about 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-canmore_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canmore-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The composer <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wilson_(composer)" title="Thomas Wilson (composer)">Thomas Wilson</a>'s 1988 work <i>Passeleth Tapestry</i> (later his Fourth Symphony) commemorates the history of Paisley in a single 30-minute movement. Commissioned by Renfrew District Council to mark Paisley's 500th anniversary as a <a href="/wiki/Burgh_of_barony" title="Burgh of barony">burgh of barony</a>, it was premiered on 6 August 1988 in Paisley Abbey with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scottish_National_Orchestra" title="Royal Scottish National Orchestra">Royal Scottish National Orchestra</a> under <a href="/wiki/Bryden_Thomson" title="Bryden Thomson">Bryden Thomson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was subsequently recorded by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scottish_National_Orchestra" title="Royal Scottish National Orchestra">Royal Scottish National Orchestra</a> with conductor <a href="/wiki/Rory_Macdonald_(conductor)" title="Rory Macdonald (conductor)">Rory Macdonald</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Linn_Record_Label" class="mw-redirect" title="Linn Record Label">Linn Record Label</a>, and received critical acclaim by the <a href="/wiki/Gramophone_(magazine)" title="Gramophone (magazine)">Gramophone</a>, which considered its orchestration as "beguiling", but the string glissandos as "kitsch".<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_at_Paisley_Gilmour_Street_station_-_main_entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/2012_at_Paisley_Gilmour_Street_station_-_main_entrance.jpg/220px-2012_at_Paisley_Gilmour_Street_station_-_main_entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/2012_at_Paisley_Gilmour_Street_station_-_main_entrance.jpg/330px-2012_at_Paisley_Gilmour_Street_station_-_main_entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/2012_at_Paisley_Gilmour_Street_station_-_main_entrance.jpg/440px-2012_at_Paisley_Gilmour_Street_station_-_main_entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Gilmour_Street_railway_station" title="Paisley Gilmour Street railway station">Paisley Gilmour Street railway station</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Paisley is connected to the motorway network and the <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a> network, and contains <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow Airport</a> within its boundaries. </p><p>Paisley is connected by road to the UK motorway network, with the <a href="/wiki/M8_motorway_(Scotland)" title="M8 motorway (Scotland)">M8</a> running along the northern edge of the town, Junctions 27, 28 and 29 providing access to Greenock to the west and Glasgow to the east. This forms part of the unsigned <a href="/wiki/European_route_E05" class="mw-redirect" title="European route E05">E05</a> <a href="/wiki/International_E-road_network" title="International E-road network">Euroroute</a> from Greenock to <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>. Many major A roads converge through the town, including the <a href="/wiki/A726_road" title="A726 road">A726</a>, <a href="/wiki/A737_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A737 road">A737</a> and <a href="/wiki/A761_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A761 road">A761</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde_Partnership_for_Transport" title="Strathclyde Partnership for Transport">Strathclyde Partnership for Transport</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_public_bodies" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish public bodies">public body</a>, has direct operational responsibilities covering the area, such as supporting (and in some cases running) local bus services in Paisley (<a href="/wiki/Graham%27s_Bus_Service" title="Graham's Bus Service">Graham's Bus Service</a>) and across <a href="/wiki/Strathclyde" title="Strathclyde">Strathclyde</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SPT_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SPT-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town has four railway stations and is linked by rail to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> city centre as well as <a href="/wiki/Inverclyde" title="Inverclyde">Inverclyde</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</a> coast. <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Gilmour_Street_railway_station" title="Paisley Gilmour Street railway station">Paisley Gilmour Street</a> is the largest of the stations and is also the fourth busiest train station in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also smaller stations at <a href="/wiki/Paisley_St_James_railway_station" title="Paisley St James railway station">Paisley St James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Canal_railway_station" title="Paisley Canal railway station">Paisley Canal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawkhead_railway_station" title="Hawkhead railway station">Hawkhead</a>. The rail links also connect to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Prestwick International Airport">Glasgow Prestwick International Airport</a> and ferry routes to <a href="/wiki/Dunoon" title="Dunoon">Dunoon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Arran" title="Isle of Arran">Isle of Arran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Bute" title="Isle of Bute">Isle of Bute</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. Over the years there have been <a href="/wiki/Paisley_railway_station_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Paisley railway station (disambiguation)">thirteen railway stations</a> in Paisley and three rail lines that are now closed (The <a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Barrhead_District_Railway" title="Paisley and Barrhead District Railway">Paisley and Barrhead District Railway</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-homepage.ntlworld.com_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homepage.ntlworld.com-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Barrhead_Branch" title="Barrhead Branch">Barrhead Branch</a><sup id="cite_ref-homepage.ntlworld.com_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homepage.ntlworld.com-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Southern_and_Western_Railway" title="Great Southern and Western Railway">GSWR</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrew_Railway" title="Paisley and Renfrew Railway">Paisley and Renfrew Railway</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paisley Canal station and the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Canal_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley Canal Line">Paisley Canal Line</a> owe their names to the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Paisley_and_Johnstone_Canal" title="Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal">Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal</a> which occupied the route of the line until 1885, when it was filled in. The line reusues part of the Paisley Canal, which was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_canal_disaster" title="Paisley canal disaster">Paisley canal disaster</a> in 1810. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow Airport</a>, operated by <a href="/wiki/AGS_Airports" title="AGS Airports">AGS Airports</a>, is Scotland's largest airport, located to the north of Paisley at <a href="/wiki/Abbotsinch" title="Abbotsinch">Abbotsinch</a>. It is adjacent to the M8 motorway and served by buses from Paisley Gilmour Street railway station. The planned <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport_Rail_Link" title="Glasgow Airport Rail Link">Glasgow Airport Rail Link</a> project, which was to run through Paisley, was abandoned in 2009. As mentioned above, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport" title="Glasgow Prestwick Airport">Glasgow Prestwick Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</a> is directly accessible by rail from Paisley Gilmour Street station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paisley_Grammar_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_427193.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Paisley_Grammar_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_427193.jpg/220px-Paisley_Grammar_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_427193.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Paisley_Grammar_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_427193.jpg/330px-Paisley_Grammar_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_427193.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Paisley_Grammar_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_427193.jpg/440px-Paisley_Grammar_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_427193.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Grammar_School" title="Paisley Grammar School">Paisley Grammar School</a>, now a <a href="/wiki/State_school" title="State school">state</a> <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_school" title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Paisley is the main site for the <a href="/wiki/New_universities" class="mw-redirect" title="New universities">modern</a> <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_of_Scotland" title="University of the West of Scotland">University of the West of Scotland</a>, which was created from a merger between the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Paisley" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Paisley">University of Paisley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bell_College" title="Bell College">Bell College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire" title="Hamilton, South Lanarkshire">Hamilton, South Lanarkshire</a>. The University of Paisley was granted university status in 1992, having existed previously as a <a href="/wiki/Central_institution" title="Central institution">central institution</a> known as Paisley College of Technology. The <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> college <a href="/wiki/West_College_Scotland" title="West College Scotland">West College Scotland</a> has a campus in the town; this institution was previously known as <a href="/wiki/Reid_Kerr_College" title="Reid Kerr College">Reid Kerr College</a>. </p><p>There are currently four <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_school" title="Comprehensive school">comprehensive</a> <a href="/wiki/State_school" title="State school">state</a> secondary schools in Paisley: <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Grammar_School" title="Paisley Grammar School">Paisley Grammar School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castlehead_High_School" title="Castlehead High School">Castlehead High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Academy,_Paisley" title="St Andrew's Academy, Paisley">St Andrew's Academy, Paisley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gleniffer_High_School" title="Gleniffer High School">Gleniffer High School</a>. The oldest of these is Paisley Grammar which was founded in 1576 and was one of two former <a href="/wiki/Grammar_school" title="Grammar school">grammar schools</a> in the town – alongside the former John Neilson Institution (latterly John Neilson High School) founded in 1852. Other former secondary schools in the area include Merksworth High School (to the north west of the town), <a href="/wiki/St_Mirin%27s_Academy" title="St Mirin's Academy">St Mirin's Academy</a> or High School (on the west side of the town), St Aelred's High School and Stanely Green High School (both on the south side of the town). Of the current secondary schools in the town, all are <a href="/wiki/Non-denominational" title="Non-denominational">non-denominational</a> save for St Andrew's Academy which is a Roman Catholic school. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Mirin%27s_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1191127.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Saint_Mirin%27s_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1191127.jpg/220px-Saint_Mirin%27s_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1191127.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Saint_Mirin%27s_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1191127.jpg/330px-Saint_Mirin%27s_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1191127.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Saint_Mirin%27s_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1191127.jpg/440px-Saint_Mirin%27s_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1191127.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Mirin</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Religion </th> <th colspan="2">2011<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2021<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a></td> <td>43,359</td> <td>56.4</td> <td>33,747</td> <td>42.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><small>–Church of Scotland</small></td> <td>21,992</td> <td>28.5</td> <td>14,068</td> <td>17.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><small>–Catholic</small></td> <td>18,356</td> <td>23.9</td> <td>16,138</td> <td>20.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><small>–Other Christian</small></td> <td>3,011</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>3,541</td> <td>4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a></td> <td>653</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>1,404</td> <td>1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a></td> <td>37</td> <td><0.1</td> <td>40</td> <td>0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a></td> <td>133</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>295</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikh</a></td> <td>245</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>281</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhism</a></td> <td>104</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>138</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">Pagan</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>262</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Other religion</td> <td>204</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>189</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a></td> <td>26,719</td> <td>34.8</td> <td>38,333</td> <td>48.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Religion not stated</td> <td>5,378</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>4,674</td> <td>5.9 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <th>Total</th> <th>76,834</th> <th>100.00%</th> <th>79,369</th> <th>100.00% </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Paisley is home to a number of religious denominations and is an important historical centre for the Christian faith in Scotland. The town's historic <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> is <a href="/wiki/Saint_Mirin" title="Saint Mirin">Saint Mirin</a> (or Mirren); according to legendary accounts, Mirin settled in Paisley as a missionary sent from Ireland in the 6th century and was instrumental in bringing the relics of <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew" class="mw-redirect" title="St Andrew">St Andrew</a> to Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Abbey" title="Paisley Abbey">Paisley Abbey</a>, one of the town's most significant landmarks, was constructed as a priory in the 12th century and raised to <a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">abbey</a> status in the 13th. It served as an ecclesiastical centre for a wide area surrounding the county of <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_(historic)" title="Renfrewshire (historic)">Renfrewshire</a> for centuries until the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reformation" title="Scottish Reformation">Reformation</a> when such religious centres were reduced to the status of <a href="/wiki/Parish_church" title="Parish church">parish churches</a>. For the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>, Paisley forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Presbytery_(church_polity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbytery (church polity)">Presbytery</a> of Clyde. (<i>see: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Church_of_Scotland_synods_and_presbyteries" title="List of Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries">Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries</a></i>). </p><p>Other Christian communities have a number of churches in Paisley, many of which were the result of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> where people from around the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a> came to Paisley for work.<sup id="cite_ref-paisley1_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paisley1-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Paisley" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Paisley">Diocese of Paisley</a>, created in 1947, is centred upon the town's <a href="/wiki/St_Mirin%27s_Cathedral" title="St Mirin's Cathedral">St Mirin's Cathedral</a>, the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Paisley" title="Bishop of Paisley">Bishop of Paisley</a>. Paisley also forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Episcopal_Church" title="Scottish Episcopal Church">Episcopalian</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>) <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Glasgow_and_Galloway" title="Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway">Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway</a> with its main facilities being contained at the Holy Trinity and St Barnabas Church in the town centre, a congregation which united in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are currently two Baptist congregations in Paisley: in addition to Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church (see under "Landmarks – religious sites") is Central Baptist Church, which meets in nearby Lady Lane. Paisley is home to a <a href="/wiki/Meetinghouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Meetinghouse">meetinghouse</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> located on Glenburn Road. </p><p>Other smaller religious groups exist in the town. The <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Methodist Church of Great Britain</a> has a church and central hall opposite Paisley Abbey which forms part of the Ayrshire and Renfrewshire <a href="/wiki/Methodist_circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist circuit">Circuit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Christadelphians" title="Christadelphians">Christadelphians</a> meet in a hall on Alice Street.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paisley has one local daily newspaper, the <a href="/wiki/Paisley_Daily_Express" title="Paisley Daily Express">Paisley Daily Express</a>, which is owned by the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Mirror" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Mirror">Trinity Mirror</a> Group. Various local radio stations have operated at times, including <a href="/wiki/Q96" title="Q96">Q96</a> from 1992 to 2007 – serving the <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire</a> area, although for a considerable period based in neighbouring Glasgow. Its replacement, Glasgow-based <a href="/wiki/Guardian_Media_Group" title="Guardian Media Group">Guardian Media Group</a> station <a href="/wiki/96.3_Rock_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="96.3 Rock Radio">96.3 Rock Radio</a> carries Renfrewshire focused material. In October 2011 Rock Radio, faced with falling advertising revenue, was rebranded by Guardian Media Group as Real Radio XS after a proposed management buyout failed to materialise.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paisley has two local radio stations, Paisleyradio.com broadcasts from the centre of Paisley with a large online audience. Paisleyradio.com won the Prestige Scotland Radio Station of the Year award 3 times 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. In 2023 paisleyradio.com officially became the most successful radio station from Paisley with 8 media awards. Paisley FM broadcasts from the Grammar School, it covers Paisley, Renfrew and Johnstone. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Love_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Love_Street.jpg/220px-Love_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Love_Street.jpg/330px-Love_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Love_Street.jpg/440px-Love_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="762" data-file-height="523" /></a><figcaption>Love Street Stadium, former home of St Mirren F.C., Paisley's football team</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/St_Mirren_F.C." title="St Mirren F.C.">St Mirren F.C.</a> is Paisley's sole professional association football team. As of 2018, it plays in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Premiership" title="Scottish Premiership">Scottish Premiership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the team moved from their <a href="/wiki/Love_Street_(stadium)" title="Love Street (stadium)">Love Street stadium</a> to a new 8,029 capacity stadium, known formally as <a href="/wiki/St_Mirren_Park" title="St Mirren Park">St Mirren Park</a>, on Greenhill Road. The stadium was later renamed as The Paisley 2021 Stadium to mark the town's bid to be UK City of Culture in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St Mirren last won the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Cup" title="Scottish Cup">Scottish Cup</a> on 16 May 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club won the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_League_Cup" title="Scottish League Cup">Scottish League Cup</a> for the first time in its history on 17 March 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another professional football team, <a href="/wiki/Abercorn_F.C." title="Abercorn F.C.">Abercorn F.C.</a>, was based in Paisley until its decline and liquidation in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/St_Mirren_B.C." title="St Mirren B.C.">St Mirren Basketball Club</a> was formed in 1997: they have won the National League title once, in 2000, and have won the Scottish Cup three times (1999, 2002 and 2012).<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paisley_RFC" title="Paisley RFC">Paisley RFC</a> is an amateur rugby union club based at the Anchor Recreation Grounds in Paisley.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kelburne_Hockey_Club" title="Kelburne Hockey Club">Kelburne Hockey Club</a> is a local club which was founded in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Paisley,_Renfrewshire" title="Category:People from Paisley, Renfrewshire">Category:People from Paisley, Renfrewshire</a></div> <p>Historically, Paisley was notable as the religious home of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Stewart" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Stewart">Stewart family</a> who descended from <a href="/wiki/Walter_FitzAlan" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter FitzAlan">Walter FitzAlan</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/High_Steward_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="High Steward of Scotland">High Steward of Scotland</a> and founder of Paisley Abbey, eventually becoming the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarchy of Scotland">Scottish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Family of the United Kingdom">Royal Family</a>. The Stewarts once resided at a castle in nearby <a href="/wiki/Renfrew" title="Renfrew">Renfrew</a>. All six of the High Stewards are buried in the Abbey, as is <a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Bruce" title="Marjorie Bruce">Marjorie Bruce</a> – the eldest daughter of <a href="/wiki/Robert_I_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert I of Scotland">Robert I of Scotland</a> (Robert the Bruce) – who married the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Stewart,_6th_High_Steward_of_Scotland" title="Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland">6th High Steward</a>, thus founding the Stewart dynasty. The first Stewart King of Scotland and son of Marjorie Bruce and Walter Stewart, <a href="/wiki/Robert_II_of_Scotland" title="Robert II of Scotland">Robert II</a>, is believed to have been born in the Abbey. His son <a href="/wiki/Robert_III_of_Scotland" title="Robert III of Scotland">Robert III</a> is buried there.<sup id="cite_ref-paisley1_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paisley1-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>'s maternal great-great-grandparents, Claude Wilson and Margaret Downey, were married at Paisley High Church on 23 May 1807.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other notable people associated with Paisley include: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts_and_media">Arts and media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Arts and media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Amabile_(interior_designer)" title="John Amabile (interior designer)">John Amabile</a> (interior designer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Barclay" title="Claire Barclay">Claire Barclay</a> (artist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Batty" title="Seán Batty">Seán Batty</a> (<a href="/wiki/STV_(TV_channel)" title="STV (TV channel)">STV</a> weatherman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bell_(Scottish_actor)" title="John Bell (Scottish actor)">John Bell</a> (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Butler" title="Gerard Butler">Gerard Butler</a> (actor)<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2015_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2015-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Byrne_(Scottish_playwright)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Byrne (Scottish playwright)">John Byrne</a> (artist and playwright)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Conti" title="Tom Conti">Tom Conti</a> (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kari_Corbett" title="Kari Corbett">Kari Corbett</a> (actress)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Currie" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Currie">Nick Currie</a> (singer/songwriter, journalist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whisky_David" title="Whisky David">Whisky David</a> (1947–2011) (musician and singer/songwriter) <sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Dewar_(musician)" title="James Dewar (musician)">Jim Dewar</a> (musician and singer/songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Egan_(musician)" title="Joe Egan (musician)">Joe Egan</a> (musician and songwriter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anya_Gallaccio" title="Anya Gallaccio">Anya Gallaccio</a> (artist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gardner_(photographer)" title="Alexander Gardner (photographer)">Alexander Gardner</a> (photographer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Goudie" title="Alexander Goudie">Alexander Goudie</a> (artist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fergus_Hall" title="Fergus Hall">Fergus Hall</a> (painter, illustrator, educator)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hart_(painter)" title="William Hart (painter)">William Hart</a> (artist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kibble_Hervey" title="Thomas Kibble Hervey">Thomas Kibble Hervey</a> (poet and critic)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hutchison_(architect)" title="John Hutchison (architect)">John Hutchison</a>, (architect)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Tait" title="Thomas S. Tait">Thomas S. Tait</a> (architect)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Ireland" title="Kenny Ireland">Kenny Ireland</a> (director and actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Jones" title="Vince Jones">Vince Jones</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_jazz" title="Australian jazz">Australian jazz</a> singer, songwriter, and trumpet, <a href="/wiki/Flugelhorn" title="Flugelhorn">flugelhorn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flumpet" title="Flumpet">flumpet</a> player)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Kelling" title="Graeme Kelling">Graeme Kelling</a> (1957–2004) (musician from pop group <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Blue" title="Deacon Blue">Deacon Blue</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Leitch" title="Patricia Leitch">Patricia Leitch</a> (children's author)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Logan" title="Phyllis Logan">Phyllis Logan</a> (actor)<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2015_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2015-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McGillion" title="Paul McGillion">Paul McGillion</a> (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neve_McIntosh" title="Neve McIntosh">Neve McIntosh</a> (actress)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_Mackay" title="Fulton Mackay">Fulton Mackay</a> (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_McKellar_(singer)" title="Kenneth McKellar (singer)">Kenneth McKellar</a> (tenor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Francis_McMillan" title="James Francis McMillan">James McMillan</a> (author and historian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_McMillan" title="Ron McMillan">Ron McMillan</a> (photojournalist and novelist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denzil_Meyrick" title="Denzil Meyrick">Denzil Meyrick</a> (writer/businessman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Marie" title="Kelly Marie">Kelly Marie</a> (singer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Moffat" title="Steven Moffat">Steven Moffat</a> (screenwriter)<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2015_124-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2015-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Mullen" title="Brendan Mullen">Brendan Mullen</a> (author/nightclub owner)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Ferguson_Neil" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Ferguson Neil">Andrew Neil</a> (journalist and television presenter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Nicol" title="Hector Nicol">Hector Nicol</a> (singer, comedian and actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paolo_Nutini" title="Paolo Nutini">Paolo Nutini</a> (singer/songwriter)<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2015_124-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2015-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Orr" title="Alan Orr">Alan Orr</a> (actor/musician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Picken" title="Ebenezer Picken">Ebenezer Picken</a> (poet and songwriter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty" title="Gerry Rafferty">Gerry Rafferty</a> (musician and singer/songwriter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reid_(music_manager)" title="John Reid (music manager)">John Reid</a> (impresario)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Rossi" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Rossi">Albert Rossi</a> (musician/drummer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sneddon" title="David Sneddon">David Sneddon</a> (singer/songwriter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stoddart" title="Alexander Stoddart">Alexander Stoddart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sculptor_in_Ordinary_for_Scotland" title="Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland">Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Tannahill" title="Robert Tannahill">Robert Tannahill</a> (1774–1810) (poet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Telfer_(actor)" title="Paul Telfer (actor)">Paul Telfer</a> (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Tennant" title="David Tennant">David Tennant</a> (actor)<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2015_124-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2015-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Urie" title="Tom Urie">Tom Urie</a> (actor/musician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Wilson_(ornithologist)" title="Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)">Alexander Wilson</a> (poet, ornithologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rowley_(actor)" title="Mark Rowley (actor)">Mark Rowley</a> (actor)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Business">Business</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles_(businessman)" title="David Eccles (businessman)">David Eccles</a> (businessman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Glassford" title="John Glassford">John Glassford</a> (tobacco lord)<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Goodwin" title="Fred Goodwin">Fred Goodwin</a>, (banker)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loans_Affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Loans Affair">Tirath Khemlani</a>, banker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Millar" title="Andrew Millar">Andrew Millar</a> (18th-century bookseller)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nora_Senior" title="Nora Senior">Nora Senior</a> (businesswoman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Sorbie" title="Trevor Sorbie">Trevor Sorbie</a> (hairdresser)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics_and_religion">Politics and religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Politics and religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Adam" title="George Adam">George Adam</a> (politician, current <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Alexander" title="Douglas Alexander">Douglas Alexander</a> (politician, ex <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire South</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> (MP from 1920–4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barr_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Barr (New Zealand politician)">John Barr</a>, (member of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">New Zealand Legislative Council</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mhairi_Black" title="Mhairi Black">Mhairi Black</a> (politician, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire South</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Dunn,_1st_Baronet,_of_Lakenheath" title="Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath">Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Gallacher_(politician)" title="Willie Gallacher (politician)">Willie Gallacher</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gilday" title="Patrick Gilday">Patrick Gilday</a> (United Mine Workers official, USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Hamilton_(lawyer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Hamilton (lawyer)">Ian Hamilton</a> (lawyer and nationalist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Henry" title="Hugh Henry">Hugh Henry</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hutchison" title="Patrick Hutchison">Patrick Hutchison</a> (Presbyterian minister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Laing" title="Eleanor Laing">Eleanor Laing</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_MacGregor_(minister)" title="James MacGregor (minister)">James MacGregor</a> (Free Church minister there, 1861-1868)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Murdoch" title="George Murdoch">George Murdoch</a> (politician, first mayor of <a href="/wiki/Calgary,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Calgary, Canada">Calgary, Canada</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Osborne" title="Sandra Osborne">Sandra Osborne</a> (politician, ex <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ayr,_Carrick_and_Cumnock" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock">Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_II_of_Scotland" title="Robert II of Scotland">Robert II of Scotland</a> (king)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sinclair_(botanist)" title="Andrew Sinclair (botanist)">Andrew Sinclair</a> (surgeon, botanist, public servant, and politician in New Zealand)<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> (politician, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> (2022))</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_and_education">Science and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Science and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Barr_Auchencloss" title="Agnes Barr Auchencloss">Agnes Barr Auchencloss</a> (medical officer)<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Barr" title="Archibald Barr">Archibald Barr</a> (scientific engineer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Broom" title="Robert Broom">Robert Broom</a> (palaeontologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonequilibrium_Gas_and_Plasma_Dynamics_Laboratory" title="Nonequilibrium Gas and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory">Iain Boyd</a> (aerospace engineer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Ian_Currie" title="Ronald Ian Currie">Ronald Ian Currie</a> (oceanographer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Goodfellow" title="James Goodfellow">James Goodfellow</a> (Inventor; ATM and PIN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Kinnon" title="Jimmy Kinnon">Jimmy Kinnon</a> (founder of Narcotics Anonymous)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stow" title="David Stow">David Stow</a> (educationalist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Finlay_Weir_Johnston" title="James Finlay Weir Johnston">James Finlay Weir Johnston</a> (scientist and educationalist)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport_2">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Archibald" title="Robert Archibald">Robert Archibald</a> (basketball player)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Scott_Brown" title="Archie Scott Brown">Archie Scott Brown</a> (racing driver)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Carlin" title="Jack Carlin">Jack Carlin</a> (cyclist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Coyle" title="Owen Coyle">Owen Coyle</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Durie" title="Gordon Durie">Gordon Durie</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Forsyth" title="Tom Forsyth">Tom Forsyth</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gallacher" title="Paul Gallacher">Paul Gallacher</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Gemmill" title="Archie Gemmill">Archie Gemmill</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Grady_(footballer)" title="James Grady (footballer)">James Grady</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Greig" title="Dale Greig">Dale Greig</a> (holder of the women's world record for the marathon in 1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majid_Haq" title="Majid Haq">Majid Haq</a> (Scottish international cricketer, all time leading Scottish wicket taker as of 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omer_Hussain" title="Omer Hussain">Omer Hussain</a> (cricketer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamza_Tahir" title="Hamza Tahir">Hamza Tahir</a> (cricketer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callum_Hawkins" title="Callum Hawkins">Callum Hawkins</a> (athlete)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hay" title="David Hay">David Hay</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lambert" title="Paul Lambert">Paul Lambert</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Lavety" title="Barry Lavety">Barry Lavety</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Langfield" title="Jamie Langfield">Jamie Langfield</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lorimer" title="Hugh Lorimer">Hugh Lorimer</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_McAusland" title="Marc McAusland">Marc McAusland</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_McInnes" title="Derek McInnes">Derek McInnes</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micky_Mellon" title="Micky Mellon">Micky Mellon</a> (footballer and Oldham Athletic manager)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Mitchell_(footballer)" title="Charlie Mitchell (footballer)">Charlie Mitchell</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Money" title="Campbell Money">Campbell Money</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Neilson" title="Robbie Neilson">Robbie Neilson</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Neil_(footballer_born_1972)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian O'Neil (footballer born 1972)">Brian O'Neil</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Peacock" title="Lee Peacock">Lee Peacock</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ralph_(field_hockey)" title="Mark Ralph (field hockey)">Mark Ralph</a> (Scottish international hockey player)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Lee_Ray" title="Kay Lee Ray">Kay Lee Ray</a> (professional wrestler)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Slaven" title="Bernie Slaven">Bernie Slaven</a> (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Smith_(cyclist)" title="Brian Smith (cyclist)">Brian Smith</a> (Olympic cyclist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Strokosch" title="Alasdair Strokosch">Alasdair Strokosch</a> (Scottish international rugby player)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Taylor_(ice_hockey)" title="Angela Taylor (ice hockey)">Angela Taylor</a> (Great Britain international ice hockey player)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Vassie" title="Elaine Vassie">Elaine Vassie</a> (rugby coach)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_James_Snodgrass" title="John James Snodgrass">John James Snodgrass</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Evans_(VC)" title="Samuel Evans (VC)">Samuel Evans</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (Crimean war hero)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hannah_(VC)" title="John Hannah (VC)">John Hannah</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (RAF sergeant)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson_(VC)" title="Arthur Henderson (VC)">Arthur HendersonC</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (army captain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McIver" title="Hugh McIver">Hugh McIver</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (Army private)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McKechnie" title="James McKechnie">James McKechnie</a> recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (army sergeant)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_McKellar" title="Archie McKellar">Archie McKellar</a> (Battle of Britain ace)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paisley is <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCrth" title="Fürth">Fürth</a>, Germany, since 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladsaxe" class="mw-redirect" title="Gladsaxe">Gladsaxe</a>, Denmark, since 1990</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paisley,_Renfrewshire&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paisley (Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information. 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Citypopulation.de. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/renfrewshire/S52000504__paisley/">https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/renfrewshire/S52000504__paisley/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scottish-places.info/scotgaz/towns/townfirst383.html">"Paisley"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130724235048/http://www.scottish-places.info/scotgaz/towns/townfirst383.html">Archived</a> from the original on 24 July 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Edinburgh: Mainstream. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85158-109-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-85158-109-X"><bdi>1-85158-109-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Paisley%3A+A+History&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pub=Mainstream&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=1-85158-109-X&rft.aulast=Clark&rft.aufirst=Sylvia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaisley%2C+Renfrewshire" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDicksonSpeirs1980" class="citation journal cs1">Dickson, A.; Speirs, W. (1980). 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"Social Concern and Social Control in Nineteenth Century Scotland: Paisley 1841-1843". <i>The Scottish Historical Review</i>. <b>65</b> (179): <span class="nowrap">48–</span>60. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25530169">25530169</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proquest.com/docview/1293240555">1293240555</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Scottish+Historical+Review&rft.atitle=Social+Concern+and+Social+Control+in+Nineteenth+Century+Scotland%3A+Paisley+1841-1843&rft.volume=65&rft.issue=179&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E48-%3C%2Fspan%3E60&rft.date=1986&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F25530169%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Dickson&rft.aufirst=Tony&rft.au=Clarke%2C+Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaisley%2C+Renfrewshire" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHunter1976" class="citation journal cs1">Hunter, Jim (1976). "The Paisley Textile Industry, 1695–1830". <i>Costume</i>. <b>10</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">1–</span>15. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1179%2Fcos.1976.10.1.1">10.1179/cos.1976.10.1.1</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Costume&rft.atitle=The+Paisley+Textile+Industry%2C+1695%E2%80%931830&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E1-%3C%2Fspan%3E15&rft.date=1976&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1179%2Fcos.1976.10.1.1&rft.aulast=Hunter&rft.aufirst=Jim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaisley%2C+Renfrewshire" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCarthy1969" class="citation book cs1">McCarthy, Mary (1969). <i>A Social Geography of Paisley</i>. The Committee of Management, Paisley Public Library.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Social+Geography+of+Paisley&rft.pub=The+Committee+of+Management%2C+Paisley+Public+Library&rft.date=1969&rft.aulast=McCarthy&rft.aufirst=Mary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaisley%2C+Renfrewshire" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>MacDonald, Catriona M. M. <i>The Radical Thread. Political Change in Scotland: Paisley Politics, 1885–1924</i> (2000)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoisleyThain1962" class="citation book cs1">Moisley, H.A.; Thain, A.G. (1962). "Chapter 23: The Parish and Burgh of Paisley". <i>The Third <a href="/wiki/Statistical_Account_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistical Account of Scotland">Statistical Account of Scotland</a>: The County of Renfrew</i>. Glasgow: William Collins Sons & Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+23%3A+The+Parish+and+Burgh+of+Paisley&rft.btitle=The+Third+Statistical+Account+of+Scotland%3A+The+County+of+Renfrew&rft.place=Glasgow&rft.pub=William+Collins+Sons+%26+Co&rft.date=1962&rft.aulast=Moisley&rft.aufirst=H.A.&rft.au=Thain%2C+A.G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaisley%2C+Renfrewshire" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeters2001" class="citation journal cs1">Peters, Lorraine (November 2001). "Paisley and the Cotton Famine of 1862–1863". <i>Journal of Scottish Historical Studies</i>. <b>21</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">121–</span>139. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3366%2Fjshs.2001.21.2.121">10.3366/jshs.2001.21.2.121</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Scottish+Historical+Studies&rft.atitle=Paisley+and+the+Cotton+Famine+of+1862%E2%80%931863&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E121-%3C%2Fspan%3E139&rft.date=2001-11&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3366%2Fjshs.2001.21.2.121&rft.aulast=Peters&rft.aufirst=Lorraine&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaisley%2C+Renfrewshire" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire Council</a> (local authority)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wards_of_Renfrewshire" title="Wards of Renfrewshire">Council wards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_(historic)" title="Renfrewshire (historic)">County of Renfrew</a> (registration county)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Renfrewshire" title="Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire lieutenancy area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paisley</a> (administrative centre)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renfrew" title="Renfrew">Renfrew</a> (traditional county town)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstone" title="Johnstone">Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erskine,_Renfrewshire" title="Erskine, Renfrewshire">Erskine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linwood,_Renfrewshire" title="Linwood, Renfrewshire">Linwood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Areas_in_Paisley,_Renfrewshire" title="Category:Areas in Paisley, Renfrewshire">Areas of Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishopton,_Renfrewshire" title="Bishopton, Renfrewshire">Bishopton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_of_Weir" title="Bridge of Weir">Bridge of Weir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookfield,_Renfrewshire" title="Brookfield, Renfrewshire">Brookfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosslee" title="Crosslee">Crosslee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elderslie,_Scotland" title="Elderslie, Scotland">Elderslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Renfrewshire" title="Houston, Renfrewshire">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howwood" title="Howwood">Howwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inchinnan" title="Inchinnan">Inchinnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilbarchan" title="Kilbarchan">Kilbarchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langbank" title="Langbank">Langbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochwinnoch" title="Lochwinnoch">Lochwinnoch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braehead" title="Braehead">Braehead</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braehead_Arena" title="Braehead Arena">arena</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Muirshiel_Regional_Park" title="Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park">Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Abbey" title="Paisley Abbey">Paisley Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mirren_Park" title="St Mirren Park">St Mirren Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_of_Scotland" title="University of the West of Scotland">University of the West of Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliamentary</a> constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley and Renfrewshire South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliamentary</a> constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_North_and_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Renfrewshire North and West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Renfrewshire North and West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Renfrewshire South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Renfrewshire South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)">Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_(historic)" title="Renfrewshire (historic)">Renfrewshire (historic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathclyde" title="Strathclyde">Strathclyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strathgryffe" title="Strathgryffe">Strathgryffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Renfrewshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Renfrewshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">Neighbouring council areas</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/East_Renfrewshire" title="East Renfrewshire">East Renfrewshire</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Inverclyde" 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