Vr A "?/ ^Mxee Jiiibrarg & <llht0ntm, FOUNDED BY SIR PETER COATS, I87O. REFERENCE DEPARTMENT P.C. No Book to be taken out of the Room. f£'e °i 2 343228 21 1 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/watsonsdirecto187980unse HOBTH BRITISH AHD HEUOANTILS IN3TOASTCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1809. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS. FIBE DEPARTMENT, The Company Insures almost every description of Property at Home and Abroad, at the lowest Rates of Premium corresponding to the Risk. No charge whatever is made for Policies, or for Transfers from other Offices. All Claims promptly and liberally settled. Fire Reserve Fund, 1878, - - - - £1,156,690 Nett Fire Revenue, 1878, - -' - - 915,196 LIFE DEPARTMENT. The Tables of Premiums are moderate. Special Tables have been introduced by the Company, viz. : —The Half Premium—Double Assurance—Assurance and Annuity. Reduced Table for Residence in India, China, &c. Ninety per cent, of the Whole Profits is divided among the Assured on the Participating Scale. The Next Division of Profits will take place as at 31st December, 1880. Life Accumulated Funds, 1878, - £2,852,566 New Life Business, 1878, - - - - 1,034,651 Premium for an Assurance of ,£100, payable at death Age. With Profits. Without Profits. 20 1 JE1 18 2 £1 12 11 25 . 2 3 5 1 17 6 30 2 9 10 2 3 35 2 17 2 9 2 ANNUITY DEPARTMENT. Annuities, immediate, deferred, or contingent, granted, and the rates fixed on the most favourable terms. Annuity Fund, 1878, ------- £300,080 Full explanations, Tables of Rates, &c, may be had at any of the / Company's Offices or Agents throughout the Kingdom. * GKL.^SGi-o'w be^itoh:. OFFICE-10 2 ST. VINCENT STREET. AGENTS. M'INNES, MACKENZIE, & LOCHHEAD, Writers, Paisley. JOHN HUTCHESON, Banker, Paisley. ROBERT ARMOUR, Commission Agent, Paisley. J. ADAM, Writer, Paisley. WALTER HOLMES, Banker, Johnstone. ":r :v-"n-- DIRECTORY FOR PAISLEY, < C EENFBEW, JOHHSTQHE, ELDEBSLIE, C to N LINWOOD, QUARRELTON, THORNHILL E BALACLAVA, AND INKERMAN, C C FOR THE YEAR I 1879-80. \ PAISLEY; PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE PROPRIETOR, AT "PAISLEY HERALD" OFFICE, 10 MOSS STREET. 1879. % m 2 34-3ZZS*- 2'f PC/3/O CONTENTS. Page Page Paisley Street Guide ... ,'. 7 Decorators 159 Omissions ,. 11 Distillers 159 PAISLEY DIRECTORY .. 13 Drapers and Silk Mercers ... 159 Dressmakers and Milliners ... 160 TRADES AND PROFESSIONS. Druggists and Chemists ... 162 Accountants ,. 141 Drysalters 163 Agents and Commission Agents 141 Dyers ... ... ... ... 163 Architects and Land Surveyors 142 Electro -Platers 164 Auctioneers and Appraisers ... 142 Embroiderers 164 Bakers ., ... 142 Engineers and Machine Makers 164 Bankers ... 144 Fire Clay Manufacturers ... 164 Belt Makers ... 144 Fishmongers and Poulterers ... 165 Bill Posters 144 Fleshers 165 Bleachers, Shawl Washers, &c. 144 Funeral Undertakers 166 Bookbinders 145 Furnished Lodging-House Booksellers and Stationers ... 145 Keepers ... ... ... 16Q Boot and Shoemakers ... 146 Furnishers ... ... ... 166 Boxmakers (Fancy) 147 Furniture Dealers ... ... 167 Brassfounders ... 147 Gardeners ... ... ... 167 Brewers ... ... ... 147 Glaziers 168 Brickmakers and Brickbuilders 147 Grain Merchants „. ... 168 Brush and Basket Dealers ... 148 Grocers and Victuallers ... 169 Cabinetmakers 148 Hair Dressers 174 Calenderers and Finishers ... 149 Ham Curers 174 Calico and Shawl Printers ... 149 Hatters 174 Candlemakers ... ... ... 149 Hosiers 175 Card and Print Cutters ... 149 House Factors ... 175 Carpet Manufacturers 150 Inn and Hotel keepers 175 Carters 150 Ironfounders 176 Carvers and Gilders ... ... 150 Iron Merchants 176 Chemical Works 150 Ironmongers ... ... ... 176 Chimney Sweeps 151 Jacquard Machine Maker ... 177 China Merchants 151 Ladies' Nurses ... 177 Clergymen 151 Lathsplitters 177 Cloth Merchants and Agents Leather Merchants 177 for do 152 Lithographers and Engravers 177 Cloth Merchants and Woollen Manufacturers of Shawls, &c. 177 Drapers ... ... ... 152 of Blacking 179 Coach and Van Builders ... 152 ofBraoms 179 Coach Hirers 153 of Carpets 179 Coal Merchants and Dealers ... 153 of Corn Flour 180 Coffee Houses and Hotels of Crucibles 179 (Temperance) ... ... 154 of Curled Hair .179 Confectioners and Fruiterers... 154 of Elastic Belt 1 ,'. ... 180 Contractors ... ... ... 156 of Machinery Belts 180 Coopers.. ... 157 of Muslin ... ... ... 180 Corkcutters 157 of Oil and Glycerine ... 180 Cowfeeders ... 157 of Preserves ... ... ... 18(1 CONTENTS. Page Page Manufacturers of Starch ... 180 Wood Merchants . 201 of Stationery 181 Wood Turners ... ,. 201 of Thread 181 Wrights and Joiners ... ,. 201 Masons and Builders 181 Writers ,. 202 Measurers ... ... ... 182 Yarn and Silk Merchants . 203 Medical Practitioners 182 Messenger-at-Arms ... ... 183 Metal Refiners 183 Midwives ... ... ... 183 APPENDIX—PAISLEY. Millers 183 Nurserymen and Florists ... 183 Asylums .. 226-228 Packing Box Makers ... 183 Banks ... ... 229 Painters and Paperhangers ... 183 Bank Holidays . 231 Paper Rulers 184 Bowling Clubs ... ... 255 Pattern Drawers 184 Burying Grounds 238 Pawnbrokers .. ... ... 184 Canal Company 237 Photographers 185 Carriers' Quarters 238 Plasterers 185 Cart Navigation Trustees ... 219 Plumbers, Tinsmiths, and Cop- Church Officers ... 248 persmiths ... ... ... 185 Commissioners —Income Tax 226 Potato Merchants 186 „ Police 220 Power-loom Cloth Factories ... 186 Supply 274 Printers (Letter-press) ... 186 „ Water 219 Ropespinners ... ... ... 186 Counting-House Calendar ... 204 Saddlers and- Harness Makers 187 Courts—Burgh 236 Sculptors 187 „ Commissary ... 277 Seed Merchants 187 „ Justice of Peace ... 278 Shawl Merchants 187 „ Sheriff 232 Shawl and Muslin Cutters ... 187 „ Sheriff Small Debt ... 232 Sheriff Officers 187 Churches 248 Shipbuilders ... 187 Clergymen ... 248 Slaters 188 Curling Clubs 256-257 Soap Manufacturers 188 Cricket Clubs 256 Smiths and Farriers ... ... 188 Fairs 222 Surgeon-Dentists ... .., 189 Fees for Proclamation of Banns 280 Tailors and Clothiers ... 189 Fiars' Prices for Renfrewshire 235 Tanners 190 Fire Brigade 270 Teachers 190 Fast Days . 222 Dancing ... ... ... 192 Faculty of Procurators ... 236 Drawing ... ... ... 192 Fountain Gardens Committee 218 Music 192 Gas Committee ... ... 218 Tobacconists ' ... 193 Gravei'iggers 238 Tobacco Pipe Manufacturers ... 193 Infiru.aiy ... ... ... 224 Umbrella Manufacturers ... 194 Inspector of Weights and Mea- Upholsterers ... ... ... 194 sures ... ... ... ... 280 Valuators 194 Insurance Offices and Agents 245 Veterinary Surgeons 194 Justices of the Peace 279 Warpers ... ... ... 194 Justice of Peace Constables ... 267 "Waste Merchants ... ... 195 Leaders of Psalmody 248 Watch and Cluck Makers, and Library & Museum Committee 223 Jewellers 195 Lieutenancy 277 Weavers' Furnishers 195 Magistrates and Town Council 217 Wine and Spirit Merchants ... 196 Mason Lodges ., 259 CONTENTS. Page Page Musical Societies 258 JOHNSTONE DIRECTORY 294 Omnibus Traffic 237 Abbey Parish School Board Paisley Cemetery Company ... 236 (Landward) ... 312 Parochial Boards ... 225-2 Assembly Rooms 313 Parliamentary Boundaries 221 Banks 312 Parliamentary Constituency ... 235 Building Society 317 Police Assessment 221 Canal Company 314 Police—Burgh 220 Carriers' Quarters ... 315 Officers 314 ,, County- 235 Church Post Office C. 271 Coal Agents ... 316 Postal Regulations 273 Commissioners of Police ... 311 3'5 Public Offices, &c 244 Curling Clubs Railways 237 Fairs and Fasts ... ... 318 Reading Rooms... ... 233-234 Fire Brigade ... 313 Registrars of Births, &c. 273 Gas Company 317 Religious Denominations 248 Grave Digger and Town Renfrewshire Militia ... 234 Crier 315 Renfrewshire Prison Officials Insurance Offices and Agents 313 > and Visiting Committee .. 278 Inland Revenue 313 Rifle Volunteer Officers 247 Justices of the Peace 311 Session-Clerks... 273 Medical Practitioners 312 Schools and Teachers ... 23 J-243 Mills 316 School Boards 279 Ministers 313 Societies, &c 250-251-252-253-254 Police 311 Societies and Clubs . 260 Population ... 318 Sheriff Officers ... 232 Post Office- and Telegraph Town Officers . 232 Office 314 Trade Societies . 268 Precentors .... 314 Trustees—Abbey Road . 243 Reading Room ... 314 „ Duncan Wright Sabbath Schools ... ... 314 Endowment 264 Schools 314 Valuation of Burgh . 235 Session Clerk and Registrar 312 Societies, &c. 316 Volunteer Officers, <fec. 315 RENFREW DIRECTORY .. 283 Writers 312 Churches, &c. 293 Constituency... 293 ELDERSLIE DIRECTORY 318 Conveyances... 293 Churches, Schools, &c., 320 Fairs . 293 Post Office 320 Insurance Agents ... 291 Justices of the Peace . 290 THORNH1LL DIRECTORY 320 Magistrates and Councillors 290 Parochial Board . 291 QUARRELTON DIRECTORY3 Population . 293 Post Office . 291 BALACLAVA DIRECTORY 3 Public Offices, &c. ... 290 Sacraments . 293 INKERMAN DIRECTORY 322 -Schools . 292 Post Office, &c. 323 School Boards . 291 Societies . 292 LINWOOD DIRECTORY ... 323 Surgeons . 291 Church and School ... 324 Writer . 291 Post Office ... 324 a2 INDEX TO advertisement:;. Page Page Anderson, Ebenezer, ... 8 Mactaggart, Daniel, ... 7 Anderson, James, ... ... 3 Millar, Thomas W., 17 Anderson, James, ... ,.. 9 Maginty, John, ... ... 25 Anderson, John, ... ... 3 Millar, Thomas, 20 Armour, Robert— Insurance, 20 Minto, David, 23 Auld, John P., 15 Mitchell, Thomas, ... ... 14 Baird, William, ... ... 5 Morrison, Alex., ,.. ... 6 Begg, John, ... ... ... 18 Muir, A. Craig—Insurance Bell, Archibald, 16 (Fire & Life), ..'. ... 35 Borland & Co., 26 Muir, A. Craig—Insurance Brown, Robert,