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of the Monks, this building is now divided into two, and is Occupied as Places of Worship by Independents and Primitive Methodists, _
On the South Side of the Cloister Court and Opposite the Nave, is a large building Which is Supposed to have been the Refectory and Principal residence, Since the reformation this building and the One Supposed to have been the Chapter house, have been Successively the residence of Lord Paisley, The Earl of Abercorn and the Earl of Dundonald, but the latter having demolished the Ancient Gateway of the Abbey and feued off the immediately Adjoining grounds for building Purposes, the Appearance of the Place was entirely Changed, and the Place rendered unfit for family residence, It has Since that time been let out in Separate dwellings to tradesmen's families, _
Within what formed the Choir and in the extensive Graveyard Adjoining, Are many monumental Stones, With Curious inscriptions and which no doubt would be highly interesting to the Antiquarian, _
The Spacious buildings of this Monastery with its extensive Park, Orchards, Gardens etc Were Surrounded by a Magnificent Wall of Cut Stone, Said to be upwards of a Mile in Circumference, but the Said Park, Orchards and Gardens, are now the Site of the new part of the town of Paisley, having been feued Off for building Purposes in 1781 by the Proprietor, the Marquis of Abercorn; till that Period the magnificent Wall that enclosed the Orchards, Gardens etc remained nearly entire, but having been Sold to the feuars, most, if not all of the Stones have been Since used for building Purposes, _
"The Abbey of Paisley which is Situated on the eastern bank of the River Cart, was erected in 1160 during the Reign of Malcolm the IV by Walter, the Son of Allan, and first of the Stewarts, as Appears from the Original Charter of foundation, * * *
Until 1219 the Monastery of Paisley was only ruled by a Prior, It was then constituted an Abbey by Pope Honorius, who, by a bull, that year Authorized the election of an Abbot, which Consequently rendered the establishment independent of its Parent Monastery of Wenlock; And