Paisley

Paisley Scots Gaelic: Pàislig
Paisley Town Hall, from Gauze Street
Paisley Location within Renfrewshire
Population	77,210
OS grid reference	NS485635
• Edinburgh	49 mi (79 km) E
• Lunnon	347 mi (558 km) SSE
Cooncil area	Renfrewshire
Lieutenancy area	Renfrewshire
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	PAISLEY
Postcode destrict	PA1 – PA3
Diallin code	0141 & 01505
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Paisley an Renfrewshire North Paisley an Renfrewshire Sooth
Scots Pairlament	Paisley
Wabsteid	http://www.paisley.org.uk/

Paisley (Scots Gaelic: Pàislig) is a toun an ae-time burgh situatit in the wast central lawlands o Scotland, aboot seiven mile wast-sooth-wast o Glesgae. It is the maist muckle toun an admeenistrative centre o the Renfrewshire cooncil area. Paisley straidles the White Cart Watter that jines the Black Cart Watter becomin the River Cart north o the toun. The toun kivers the lawland tae the north o the Gleniffer Braes.

Paisley wis ance thocht tae hae been the steid o the Roman fortification o Vanduara (or Vandogara) chronicelt bi Ptolemy. The identifeecation o the steid o modren Paisley wi this fort is maistlie foondit on the sibness o the toon's nemm tae the Brythonic Gwen-dwr ('white watter') that wis thocht tae hae been the nemm o the White Cart Watter at thon time.

In the 12t century a priory wis foondit at Paisley an a veelage suin grew aroond it. A hunner yeir aifter its foondation, the priory got the status o a Abbey. The toun became weel-kent in the 18t and 19t centuries for the production o claith, oweraw cotton wi the kenspeckle Paisley Pattern.

Fremmit airtins

• Veesitors steid
• Paisley Photae Gailery
• Paisley People paper Archived 2017-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
• The Gazette page Archived 2021-01-26 at the Wayback Machine