The Urban Historian- Stephen Clancy
@theurbanhistorian.bsky.social
See the history around you...
One-time archaeologist now delivering Heritage Walks, Talks, History Cafes & Genealogy services in Paisley, Renfrewshire 🏴
www.theurbanhistorian.co.uk
www.renfrewshireancestors.uk
www.discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com
One-time archaeologist now delivering Heritage Walks, Talks, History Cafes & Genealogy services in Paisley, Renfrewshire 🏴
www.theurbanhistorian.co.uk
www.renfrewshireancestors.uk
www.discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com
November is a busy month. On Monday coming we are at Renfrew Library for the 3rd Heritage Buddies Consultation and Volunteer Recruitment Session between 2 and 5pm. Then on Monday 24th we are out at Erskine Library, again 2 to 5pm.
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
November is a busy month. On Monday coming we are at Renfrew Library for the 3rd Heritage Buddies Consultation and Volunteer Recruitment Session between 2 and 5pm. Then on Monday 24th we are out at Erskine Library, again 2 to 5pm.
Here are all our confirmed Consultation / Volunteer Recruitment Session until Friday 5th December. The session on the 28th November will be in the Mile End Mill in Paisley during their Christmas Market, so expect it to be busy!
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here are all our confirmed Consultation / Volunteer Recruitment Session until Friday 5th December. The session on the 28th November will be in the Mile End Mill in Paisley during their Christmas Market, so expect it to be busy!
Heritage Buddies - Where Buddies Rest Stories Rise
Are you intertest in archaeology, local history, genealogy? If so this project is for you!
The project is funded by the Culture, Heritage and Events fund from Renfrewshire Council. See www.heritagebuddies.uk for info
Are you intertest in archaeology, local history, genealogy? If so this project is for you!
The project is funded by the Culture, Heritage and Events fund from Renfrewshire Council. See www.heritagebuddies.uk for info
October 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Heritage Buddies - Where Buddies Rest Stories Rise
Are you intertest in archaeology, local history, genealogy? If so this project is for you!
The project is funded by the Culture, Heritage and Events fund from Renfrewshire Council. See www.heritagebuddies.uk for info
Are you intertest in archaeology, local history, genealogy? If so this project is for you!
The project is funded by the Culture, Heritage and Events fund from Renfrewshire Council. See www.heritagebuddies.uk for info
Comng up on Tuesday next week, our next talk in the discover series... The Village of Kilbarchan. With a rich heritage of weaving and many historic buildings and sits Kilbarchan is a Renfrewshire village not to be missed if your in the area. www.theurbanhistorian.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Comng up on Tuesday next week, our next talk in the discover series... The Village of Kilbarchan. With a rich heritage of weaving and many historic buildings and sits Kilbarchan is a Renfrewshire village not to be missed if your in the area. www.theurbanhistorian.co.uk
Due to a new project launching later this week, I have decided to give the History Cafe sessions a break in November & December 2025. They will return in 2026 (dates to be confirmed).
More information will be revealed later this week.
More information will be revealed later this week.
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Due to a new project launching later this week, I have decided to give the History Cafe sessions a break in November & December 2025. They will return in 2026 (dates to be confirmed).
More information will be revealed later this week.
More information will be revealed later this week.
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Something is happening...
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Something is happening...
Do you have an interest in Graveyards? Our Family History Cafe will be look at graveyards today. There is a great potential to rediscover the history connected to the sites and those who now reside within.
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#graveyards #Genealogy #renfrewshire #Paisley #Scotland #archaeology
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#graveyards #Genealogy #renfrewshire #Paisley #Scotland #archaeology
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Do you have an interest in Graveyards? Our Family History Cafe will be look at graveyards today. There is a great potential to rediscover the history connected to the sites and those who now reside within.
shorturl.at/Eams6
#graveyards #Genealogy #renfrewshire #Paisley #Scotland #archaeology
shorturl.at/Eams6
#graveyards #Genealogy #renfrewshire #Paisley #Scotland #archaeology
September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This coming Saturday, we have our Local History Cafe at Blend Coffee Lounge in Paisley Arts Centre. See theurbanhistorian.co.uk for details. Later in the day I'll be @ @govanstones.bsky.social for Glasgow Doors open Day with a Renfrewshire Historic Graveyards Dispaly
September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This coming Saturday, we have our Local History Cafe at Blend Coffee Lounge in Paisley Arts Centre. See theurbanhistorian.co.uk for details. Later in the day I'll be @ @govanstones.bsky.social for Glasgow Doors open Day with a Renfrewshire Historic Graveyards Dispaly
Saturday 6th September 2025
I am giving free tours of the Laigh Kirk Graveyard at Paisley Arts Centre.
Tours will be at 10am, 12noon and 2.30pm. Booking is essential as only 15 places are available on each tour.
Each time slot has its own booking page at
theurbanhistorian.co.uk/book-an-event/
I am giving free tours of the Laigh Kirk Graveyard at Paisley Arts Centre.
Tours will be at 10am, 12noon and 2.30pm. Booking is essential as only 15 places are available on each tour.
Each time slot has its own booking page at
theurbanhistorian.co.uk/book-an-event/
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Saturday 6th September 2025
I am giving free tours of the Laigh Kirk Graveyard at Paisley Arts Centre.
Tours will be at 10am, 12noon and 2.30pm. Booking is essential as only 15 places are available on each tour.
Each time slot has its own booking page at
theurbanhistorian.co.uk/book-an-event/
I am giving free tours of the Laigh Kirk Graveyard at Paisley Arts Centre.
Tours will be at 10am, 12noon and 2.30pm. Booking is essential as only 15 places are available on each tour.
Each time slot has its own booking page at
theurbanhistorian.co.uk/book-an-event/
We will be at Sma' Shot Day in Paisley this Saturday 5th July. Our stall will be on Abbey Close with local history books for sale, information on our 2025 events, and a local history display.
#SmaShotDay #renfrewshireevents #paisley #renfrewshire #history #heritage #seethehistoryaroundyou
#SmaShotDay #renfrewshireevents #paisley #renfrewshire #history #heritage #seethehistoryaroundyou
June 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We will be at Sma' Shot Day in Paisley this Saturday 5th July. Our stall will be on Abbey Close with local history books for sale, information on our 2025 events, and a local history display.
#SmaShotDay #renfrewshireevents #paisley #renfrewshire #history #heritage #seethehistoryaroundyou
#SmaShotDay #renfrewshireevents #paisley #renfrewshire #history #heritage #seethehistoryaroundyou
#Inchinnan4 a 10th to early 12th century carved stone fragment of the Govan School. It is seen here where it was discovered in 2009. The stone is now in the care of Paisley Museum. There are three Govan School Stones on displayat Inchinnan Parish Church.
March 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#Inchinnan4 a 10th to early 12th century carved stone fragment of the Govan School. It is seen here where it was discovered in 2009. The stone is now in the care of Paisley Museum. There are three Govan School Stones on displayat Inchinnan Parish Church.
The image looks all the way down to Cotton Street with Cochrans Department Store (later Arnotts, now Pendulum Scottish Kitchen & Bar) window canopies open and the original spire of Sherwood Greenlaw Church visible in the distance.
Image: Studio Orchard
Image: Studio Orchard
March 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The image looks all the way down to Cotton Street with Cochrans Department Store (later Arnotts, now Pendulum Scottish Kitchen & Bar) window canopies open and the original spire of Sherwood Greenlaw Church visible in the distance.
Image: Studio Orchard
Image: Studio Orchard
Out and about in Paisley today and grabbed a shot of the War Memorial in the Paisley Abbey Cloister Garden.
March 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Out and about in Paisley today and grabbed a shot of the War Memorial in the Paisley Abbey Cloister Garden.
Rev Dr George G Cameron, 2nd minister of Glenburn Parish Chuch in Paisley and later assistant at @londonkirk.bsky.social and author of The Scots Kirk in London (St Columba's) a history of the church. He is seen here in the Vestry at Glenburn.
March 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Rev Dr George G Cameron, 2nd minister of Glenburn Parish Chuch in Paisley and later assistant at @londonkirk.bsky.social and author of The Scots Kirk in London (St Columba's) a history of the church. He is seen here in the Vestry at Glenburn.
See the history around you.
Image of the week this week is of some traditional houses close to Renfrew Cross around 1900.
#Renfrew #renfrewshire #history #heritage #scotland
Image of the week this week is of some traditional houses close to Renfrew Cross around 1900.
#Renfrew #renfrewshire #history #heritage #scotland
February 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
See the history around you.
Image of the week this week is of some traditional houses close to Renfrew Cross around 1900.
#Renfrew #renfrewshire #history #heritage #scotland
Image of the week this week is of some traditional houses close to Renfrew Cross around 1900.
#Renfrew #renfrewshire #history #heritage #scotland
Oakshaw East UP Church #Paisley graveyard at Meeting House Lane... can you spot some of the headstones? This is probably the best time of the year to see them before the spring growth hides them again.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Renfrewshire #Scotland
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Renfrewshire #Scotland
February 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Oakshaw East UP Church #Paisley graveyard at Meeting House Lane... can you spot some of the headstones? This is probably the best time of the year to see them before the spring growth hides them again.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Renfrewshire #Scotland
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Renfrewshire #Scotland
The next Family History Cafe will be on Sat 1 March, again at Blend Cofee Lounge in Paisley Arts Centre. Full details on the link below.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Paisley #Rwnfrewshire #Scotland
renfrewshireancestors.uk/family-histo...
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Paisley #Rwnfrewshire #Scotland
renfrewshireancestors.uk/family-histo...
February 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The next Family History Cafe will be on Sat 1 March, again at Blend Cofee Lounge in Paisley Arts Centre. Full details on the link below.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Paisley #Rwnfrewshire #Scotland
renfrewshireancestors.uk/family-histo...
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Paisley #Rwnfrewshire #Scotland
renfrewshireancestors.uk/family-histo...
See the history around you!
Paisley High Street during the 1880's. This image shows Thomas Graham's shop at No 21 (where No 31 is today), High Street with Thomas standing at the front door and presumably a staff member behind him.
#Paisley #Renfrewshire #history
Paisley High Street during the 1880's. This image shows Thomas Graham's shop at No 21 (where No 31 is today), High Street with Thomas standing at the front door and presumably a staff member behind him.
#Paisley #Renfrewshire #history
January 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
See the history around you!
Paisley High Street during the 1880's. This image shows Thomas Graham's shop at No 21 (where No 31 is today), High Street with Thomas standing at the front door and presumably a staff member behind him.
#Paisley #Renfrewshire #history
Paisley High Street during the 1880's. This image shows Thomas Graham's shop at No 21 (where No 31 is today), High Street with Thomas standing at the front door and presumably a staff member behind him.
#Paisley #Renfrewshire #history
Join us on the 15th February 2025 at 10am in Blend Coffee Lounge at Paisley Arts Centre for our first in-person history Cafe of 2025.
There are only 6 places available for this event.
discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com/history-cafe...
There are only 6 places available for this event.
discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com/history-cafe...
January 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Join us on the 15th February 2025 at 10am in Blend Coffee Lounge at Paisley Arts Centre for our first in-person history Cafe of 2025.
There are only 6 places available for this event.
discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com/history-cafe...
There are only 6 places available for this event.
discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com/history-cafe...
Join us on Sat 1 Feb at 10am for a free Family History Cafe at BLEND Coffee Lounge in Paisley Arts Centre. Booking is essential. Visit www.renfrewshireancestors.uk to book.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Paisley #Renfrewshire #Scotland
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Paisley #Renfrewshire #Scotland
January 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Join us on Sat 1 Feb at 10am for a free Family History Cafe at BLEND Coffee Lounge in Paisley Arts Centre. Booking is essential. Visit www.renfrewshireancestors.uk to book.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Paisley #Renfrewshire #Scotland
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Paisley #Renfrewshire #Scotland
I've been rather quet since before Christmas as i picked up Norovirus. With my weakened immune system, it's still hanging about, but im gradually getting back into the occasional bits of research and adding the odd postcard to my #Paisley collection. I hope to hold some history cafes shortly.
January 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I've been rather quet since before Christmas as i picked up Norovirus. With my weakened immune system, it's still hanging about, but im gradually getting back into the occasional bits of research and adding the odd postcard to my #Paisley collection. I hope to hold some history cafes shortly.
Another visit to Renfrewshire Heritage Centre today to view Mary Ann Semples second volume on Paisley Monumental Inscriptions. This time relating to Paisley Abbey. I love this entry for the Inglis family dating to 1502, 1533 and 1559. Its form is very typical for the Abbey in this time period.
December 17, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Another visit to Renfrewshire Heritage Centre today to view Mary Ann Semples second volume on Paisley Monumental Inscriptions. This time relating to Paisley Abbey. I love this entry for the Inglis family dating to 1502, 1533 and 1559. Its form is very typical for the Abbey in this time period.