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Paisley Parish Maps
« on: Thursday 26 June 14 15:13 BST (UK) »
I am looking to find out what area of Paisley constituted the 'Middle Church' or 'Mid-Kirk' Parish of Paisley around 1800. I had previously found a source online that gave me a kind of street by street border of what area this encompassed, but I can't for the life of me find it anywhere.

Would be grateful for any assistance.

*Edit*

Apologies but I have found the answer, but I thought I would share as it is a useful resource:

"The Laigh Church division, from the bridge on the south side,
Water Wynd, (both sides southward). Water Brae, whole of Causey-
side, (both sides), New Street, Shuttle Street, Orchard Street, and
lanes off that, Saucel, Seedhill, Gordon's Lone, Prussia Street, and
Common Lone (Canal Street) to Storie Street, (both sides). To the
High Church Parish, head of New Street, both sides westwards as
far as the town's property, including Storie Street and houses in
Oakshaw west from the church. To the Middle Church Parish,
from the head of New Street eastwards to the Cross, (both sides), in-
cluding the houses round the Cross, and to the Old Bridge, (both
sides), and to Dyers' Wynd, School Wynd, including these streets,
and the whole of the town's property to the north thereof"

https://archive.org/stream/historyofpaisley02brow/historyofpaisley02brow_djvu.txt
Gr-Gr-Gr Grandparents and relevant areas: MacDonald (Skye/Renfrewshire/Glasgow), Johnstone (Inverness/Ayr/Glasgow), MacPherson (Ross/Glasgow), Irvine (Ireland/Glasgow), Berrie (Dunkeld/Glasgow), Biggar (Paisley/Glasgow), Bradley (Ireland/Glasgow), McCorkindale (Argyll/Glasgow), Hardie (Ireland/Greenock), Scott (Greenock) , Kane (Ireland), Maguire (Ireland), McLarty (Argyll/Greenock), McLean (Argyll/Greenock), Petrie (Fife/Dundee/Greenock), Graham (Argyll/Greenock).