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    Cart Water, a tributary of the River Clyde. Paisley serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area, and is the largest town in the...
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    sometimes referred to as Greater Renfrewshire to distinguish them from the council area called Renfrewshire. The town of Paisley is the area's main settlement...
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    Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election...
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    Paisley and Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the House of Commons, located in Renfrewshire, Scotland to the southwest of Glasgow. It elects one...
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  • of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in west Scotland Paisley (name), including a list of people with the name Lord Paisley, in the peerage of Scotland Paisley, Renfrewshire...
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    to 1850, the weavers of the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland, became the foremost producers of Paisley shawls. Unique additions to their hand-looms...
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    Paisley: Lectures from the Renfrewshire Local History Forum's Conference 11 / 12 September 1999, with additional papers. Renfrewshire: Renfrewshire Local...
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    contributed to the economy. Paisley grew to become the largest urban and commercial centre in the county by some margin. Renfrewshire County Council existed...
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  • small, middle-class, suburban settlement in Renfrewshire, Scotland, being part of the greater town of Paisley. The district straddles the A761 (formerly...
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    October 1971, p. 709, Renfrewshire County Council, County Buildings, Cotton Street, Paisley "Renfrew County Council, Paisley Town Council and Police...
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    Mhairi Black (category Politicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    December 2022. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire South since 2015, when she defeated the Labour Party's Shadow Foreign...
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    The Paisley witches, also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697....
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  • St Mirren F.C. (category Sport in Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire, that competes in the Scottish Premiership after winning the 2017–18...
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    Gerard Butler (category Male actors from Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher. Butler was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward...
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    Linwood (Scots: Linwuid) is an area that is part of Paisley in Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, 14 miles (23 kilometres) west of...
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    county remained known as "Renfrewshire", the focus of local government gradually shifted from Renfrew to its larger neighbour Paisley. Following the reorganisation...
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    Gerry Rafferty (category Musicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    and "Night Owl". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs...
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  • Paisley Grammar School is a secondary school in Paisley, the largest town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school was founded in 1576 by royal charter of...
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    John Byrne (playwright) (category Artists from Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    Patrick Byrne was born into a family of Irish Catholic descent in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and he grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme. His mother...
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    Provost of Renfrewshire Councillor Celia Lawson and the Bishop of Paisley Philip Tartaglia. The following is a list of the Bishops of Paisley: James Black...
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  • John Reid (music manager) (category Businesspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    well as for managing the British rock band Queen. Reid was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of John Reid, a welder, and Betty, a shop worker...
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    (/ˈhuːstən/ HOO-stən; Scots: Houstoun), is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands...
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    Paisley Gilmour Street railway station is the largest of the four stations serving the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (the others being Paisley...
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  • Charity Cup)". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 24 March 1883. "Paisley Athletic v West-End Athletic (P.C.C.T.)". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 12...
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    Andrew Neil (category Broadcasters from Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    political programmes on the BBC and on Channel 4. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Neil attended Paisley Grammar School, before studying at the University of...
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    council area. Renfrewshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, and Renfrewshire South. The...
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    Phyllis Logan (category Actresses from Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    the age of 59 while she was at drama school. Logan was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and grew up in nearby Johnstone, where she was educated at Johnstone...
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  • The Paisley Daily Express is a Scottish newspaper based in Glasgow, covering the Renfrewshire area. The paper, which is currently owned by Reach plc has...
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    Glasgow Airport (category Transport in Paisley, Renfrewshire)
    Airport, is an international airport in Scotland. It is located in Paisley, Renfrewshire, 8.6 nautical miles (15.9 km; 9.9 mi) west of Glasgow city centre...
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    British House of Commons the town is contained within the seat of Paisley and Renfrewshire South, which has been held by the SNP's Mhairi Black since the...
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