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Paisley

Classification and Statistics

Settlement Type: town
Population (2011): 76834    
(2001): 74170
(1991): 75526
(1981): 84953
(1971): 95357
(1961): 95750
(1951): 93711
(1901): 79355
(Parliamentary and Municipal Burgh)
(1891): 66425
(1881): 55627
(1871): 48240
(1861): 47406
(1851): 47952
(1841): 48125
(1821): 38500
(1811): 29541
(1801): 24324

Tourist Rating: Three Stars
Text of Entry Updated: 02-DEC-2022
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Latitude: 55.8443°N Longitude: 4.4275°W
National Grid Reference: NS 481 639
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History
The Paisley Burns Club was founded in 1805 by Robert Tannahill and claims to the world's first formally constituted club to commemorate the poet Robert Burns (1759-96). Its all-male membership, that is limited to forty, still meets in Tannahill's cottage, which was gifted to the club in 1933.

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