PAISLEY, prizII. A town, municipal and Parliamentary burgh of Rom frewshire, Scotland, on the \\ hit. Cart, Din, miles above it, jimetion with the Clyde, and seven miles west-southwest tit Idasgow c :\lap: Scotland, D 4). The town comprises the old portion on the west bank of the river, with long regular streets of warehouses and factories. and the new portion to the east built on level ground. It has line municipal and ecelesiastieal buildings, and the restored remains of the abbot founded in 11(14 are the best speeimens of their kind in Scotland. The tox%11 has several parks and recreation ground:, including Dunn square, the Fountain ftirdens, the Brodie Park, and Saint dames Park, with a race-course on W11101 since 161N horse-races, originated by act of the 'milks, have been held annually on Saint James's day. 'File town owns much real estate. and pis. water, and electric lighting works, controls the charities, manages the hospitals, and maintain.
public libraries and museums, baths. houses, cemetery, and artisans.' dwellings. Pais ley nmy be considered the seat of the thread nmnufacture for the home and American mar kets. Tartan cloths. handkerchiefs. carpets. etc., soap, starch, and corn flour are ha rgely manu factured; and idyeing establishments on an exten sive scale, powerdoom factories, print-morks, n a chine shops, bleach-fields. shipbuilding yards, etc., are in operation in the town and vieinity. The manufacture, now almost extinct. of the famous shawls originated at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Commonly recognized as the Iloman Vandnara, the town is I lentioned in 1157 as Passeleths a possessitn of \\ alter l'itz alan, who six years later founded the priory. l'opulation, in 1891, 66.400; in 1901, 79.350. Consult: Lees. .1/.111 If Of a ( Paisley, 1878 I ; Brown, History of y (2 vols., Paisley, 18811).