Painsthorpe, hamlet, Kirby under Dale par., East-
Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles N. of Pocklington.

Painswick, market town and par., Gloucestershire,
3% miles NE. of Stroud and 7 SE. of Gloucester,
5614 ac., pop. 4044; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day,
Thursday. The town stands on the southern declivity
of Spoonbed Hill, one of the Cotswold range. Quarries
of excellent building stones are in the neighbourhood,
and give employment to a number of the inhabitants.
In vicinity of town is Painswick; House, seat.

Pairney Burn, Auchterarder par., S. Perthshire ;
flows 5% miles NW. to Ruthven Water, and is crossed
by a double-arched viaduct, one arch above the other.

Paisley, pari, and police burgh, par., river port, and
manufacturing town, Renfrewshire, on White Cart
AYater (3 miles from its confluence with the Clyde),
6 miles W. of Glasgow and 396 miles NW. of London
by rail—par. (divided into Paisley Abbey par., pop.
34,393; Paisley High Church par., pop. 17,914; Paisley
Low Church par., pop. 7095; and Paisley Middle Church
par., pop. 13,128), 16,794 ac., pop. 72,530; pari, and
police burgh, pop. 55,627; town, pop. 55,638; 7 Banks,
3 newspapers. Market-day, Thursday. Paisley, ori-
ginally called Passeleth, sprang from the Abbey of
Paisley, which was founded by AYalter, High Steward
of Scotland, about the year 1163. This abbey was
burned by the English in 1307, and was not rebuilt till
the 15th century. The nave is still used as the church
of Abbey par., and the edifice now belongs to the Duke
of Abercorn. Paisley was made a burgh of barony in
1488, and was granted a crown charter in 1665. It is now
a great seat of manufacture. The mfr. of sewing thread
made from linen yarn was introduced in 1722, and that
of cotton thread is now the staple industry. Paisley
has long been famous for its plaids or shawls, but
owing to changes in fashion the trade in these shawls
has much declined. Tapestry, embroidery, tartan, and
carpet mfrs. are also carried on. There are extensive
starch and corn-flour works, bleaching and dye works,
chemical works, and a ship-building yard. The river
Cart has been deepened from 8 to 12 ft., and new docks
have been constructed. Among other distinguished
natives of Paisley are Robert Tannahill (1774-1810),
poet; Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), poet and Ameri-
can ornithologist; and Professor John Wilson (“Chris-
topher North,” 1785-1854), poet and essayist. Paisley
returns 1 member to Parliament.

Pakefield, coast par. and vil., Suffolk, 2 miles SW.
of Lowestoft, 771 ac., pop. 884; P.O., T.o.

Pakenhain, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 3696 ac.,
pop. 959 ; vil., 5 m. NE. of Bury St Edmunds; P.O., T.O.

Pakenkaiu Hall, seat of the Earl of Longford, 1 mile
AY. of Castlepollard and 5 miles SE. of Float ry. sta.,
N. co. AVestmeath.

Palace, seat, Crailing par., Roxburghshire, 4 miles
NE. of Jedburgh.

Palace, co. Wexford; P.O. See Palace East.

Palace Brae, site of ancient mansion of the Duke of
Athole’s ancestors, at Blairingone, S. Perthshire, 2%
miles SE. of Dollar.

Palace Craig. See Faskine and Palace Craig.

Palace Last, ry. sta., W. co. AYexford, 3 miles SE.
of Ballywilliam sta. and 6 miles NE. of New Ross;
P.O., called Palace; adjacent is the seat of Palace
House.

Palace Gates (Wood Green), ry. sta., Middlesex, in
N. suburbs of London, near Alexandra Palace.

Palace House.—seat, in N. vicinity of Titchfield,
Hants.—2. Palace House, seat, near Padiham sta.,
NE. Lancashire.

Palace Mill, paperworks, Norwich.

Palatine, in co. and 4 miles NE. of Carlow; P.O.

Paldy, ancient chapel in Fordoun par. churchyard,
Kincardineshire; was founded in honour of St Palla-
dius.

Pale, seat, 4% miles E. of Bala, Merioneth.

Pale, The, that portion of Ireland which was first
colonised by the English, and which John divided into the
12 counties palatine of Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Louth,
Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, AYaterford, Cork, Kerry,
Tipperary, and Limerick.

Paley Street, hamlet, Berks, in NE. of co., 3 miles
SW. of Maidenhead.

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