Index
Agricultural Societies, 351
Alum Ore Manufacture, 27, 277
Alum Ore, or Aluminous Schistus, 26
Area of Renfrewshire, 2
Artificers' work, 62
Artificial grasses, 110, 167
Assessments for the poor, 289
Atmosphere, 12, 348
Bark for Tanners, 117
Barley and bear, 91, 100, 106
Baron of Renfrew, 4, 54
Beans and pease, 100, 106
Bees, 156
Benefit Societies, or Box Clubs, 335
Black-Cart river, 34
Bleachfields, 84, 135, 266
Bleachfields, Wages of persons at 267
Brake, 86
Breweries, 237, 265, 276
Bridewell, 333
Bridges, 184
Buildings, 59, 61
Butcher market, 173
Butter, 89, 145, 163
Cabbages, 107
Callico-printing, 273
Calves, 144, 146, 147
Calves, number killed, 173
Camden's Account of Renfrewshire, 3
Canals, 186
Candles, manufacture of, 237, 238, 263
Capital, deficiency of, 348
Carrots, 107
Carse Clay, 13
Cart rivers, Black and White, 33, 186
Carts, 86
Castles and ancient structures, 59
Castlesemple loch, 36, 131, 142
Cathcart parish, 78, 275, 320, 343, 361
Cattle, 113, 143
Cattle, breed of, 144
Cattle, feeding, 113, 146
Cattle, number killed, 173
Cattle, rearing of, 146
Char, 36
Character of farmers, 67
Character of operative weavers, 259
Charity schools, 332
Cheese, 143, 145,
Churns, 89
Clay, 13
Clergy, their stipends, glebes, &c 76, 78
Climate, 10, 348
Clover, red and white, 100, 110, 167
Clyde, commerce of, 210, 233
Clyde, deepening of, 31, 211, 231
Clyde, salmon fishings of, 30, 234
Coaches, 180
Coal, 15, 175
Coal-gas, factory lighted by, 254, 272
Commerce 203,
Commerce, effects of, 283
Commissioners of Supply, lists of, 364
Commons, moors, mosses, and wastes, 4, 122, 139
Copper manufacture, 281
Copperas ore, or pyrites, 25
Copper-ore, 29
Copse-woods, 116
Cottages, 63
Cotton mills, Wages of persons at 251
Cotton Spinning, 249
Cotton spinning, effects of, 250, 252
Cotton thread, manufacture of, 248
Cotton wool imported into Clyde, 251, 285
Covenants in leases, 71, 81
Cows, breed of, 144
Cows, prices of, 145
Cows, produce in milk and butter, 144
Crops commonly cultivated, 100
Customs, duties of, at Greenock, 212
Customs, duties of, at Port-Glasgow, 220
Dairy management and produce, 143, 168, 171
Diseases, 12, 345
Dispensaries at Paisley and Greenock, 321, 325
Disseminated knowledge, 349
Distilleries, 146, 264
Division of commons, 23
Division of labour, 257
Division of property, 42
Division of Renfrewshire, ecclesiastical, 2
Division of Renfrewshire, natural, 7
Docks and harbour at Glasgow, 211, 231
Docks and harbour at Greenock, 223
Docks and harbour at Port-Glasgow, 221
Draining, 117, 130
Drill-husbandry, 101
Dung, 134
Eaglesham parish, 78, 317, 343, 361
Eastwood parish, 79, 314, 343, 361
Education, 253, 329
Elevation above the sea, 8
Elkington's mode of draining, 131
Embankments, 141
Entails, 53, 58, 347
Erskine parish, 78, 320, 343, 361
Estates and their management, 37
Estates, belonging at present to peers, 53
Estates, belonging formerly to peers, 39
Estates, classes of, 39
Estates, entailed, 53
Excise duties at Eastwood and Cathcart, 276
Excise duties at Greenock, 212
Excise duties at Paisley, 265
Expense and profits, 84
Exports, 234
Fairs, 189
Fallowing, 96, 130
Farm servants, Wages of 157
Farmers, Character of, 67
Farmers, character of, 67
Farmers, their profits, 84
Farms, size of, 65
Farms, union of, 93
Feeding of cattle, 113
Feeding of horses, 155
Feeding of milk Cows, 144
Fences, kind of 91
Ferries, 185, 289
Fertility of grass lands, 108
Feu-duties in money and grain, 55
Fiar prices of grain, 161
Fir, Scots, 119
Fishery, herring, 224
Fishery, salmon, 30, 234
Fishery, whale, 227
Flax, 107
Floods, 35
Fogs, 12
Food, 172
Foot paths, 183
Fossils, 29
Founderies for casting iron, 237, 266
Freeholders, 39, 53, 365
Freestone, 28, 185
Frost, 12
Fuel, 174
Gaelic language, schools and chapels, 333, 345, 353
Gardens and orchards, 71, 114, 216, 224
Gas-light, from coal, 254, 272
Gates, 94
Gauze, linen and thread, 240
Gauze, silk, manufacture of, 242
Geese, 156
Glasgow, 33, 208, 211, 227, 231, 351
Goats, Cashmire, 153
Grain, imports of, 204
Grass, artificial, 110, 167
Grass, natural, or meadows and pastures, 108
Gravel soils, 13
Grazing farms and grass lands, 65, 113, 171
Green crops, 100
Greenock, 79, 114, 204, 208, 225, 308, 325
Gryfe river, 35
Harbours, 211, 213, 220, 231
Harrows, 87
Harvest, 12, 105
Hay, 111
Hay, prices of, 167
Hedges, 91
Herring fishery, 224
Hills, height of, 8
Hogs, 155, 173
Horses, 154
Hospital of Paisley, 294
Houses for retail of spirits, 338
Houses of correction, 338
Houses of proprietors, 59
Houses of recovery, 322, 325
Houstoun Parish, 78, 320, 343, 361
Implements, 86
Imports and exports at Glasgow, 232
Imports and exports of Greenock and Port Glasgow, 227
Imports of cotton wool, 251, 285
Imports of grain, 204
Improvements, 130
Inchinnan parish, 78, 320, 343, 361
Inclosing, 90
Inclosing, effects on population, 92
Infirmary of Glasgow, 321
Infirmary of Greenock, 326
Innerkip parish, 78, 320, 343, 361
Iron rail-ways, 188
Iron, Founderies for casting, 237, 266
Iron-founderies, 237, 266
Ironstone, 24
Irrigation, 138
Jettees, 33, 142
Johnstone, village of, 269, 307
Jurisdictions, heritable, &c, 4, 370
Justices of Peace, lists of, 364
Kilbarchan Parish, 79, 81, 315, 343, 361,
Kilmalcolm Parish, 78, 320, 343, 361
| Labour, prices of, 158
Labourers and farm servants, Wages of 157
Labourers, 157
Labourers, their mode of living, 172
Laighlands or flat district, 9
Lakes or lochs, 30
Larix or larch tree, 118
Leases, 71, 81
Lime, 100, 132
Limestone, 22
Linen and Linen gauze, 241
Lochwinnoch parish, 79, 317, 343, 361
Longevity, 346
Looms moved by steam engines or water, 256, 273
Looms, the number of, 256, 260
Mail coaches, effects of, 180
Males and females, 344
Manufactures, 235, 283, 286
Manures, 132
Markets, 189
Meadow land, and meadow hay, 112
Meadows and pastures, 108
Mearns parish, 78, 320, 343, 361
Members for the burghs of Renfrew, &c. 6
Members of the British parliament for the county, 5
Members of the Scots parliament, 5
Mills for cotton spinning, 250
Mills for cotton spinning, effects on health & morals, 253
Mills for cotton spinning, mode of lighting them, 253
Mills for flour, 266
Minerals, 14
Ministers stipends, glebes and manses, 75
Moors, mosses and commons, 14, 122, 139
Muslin manufacture, 254
Navigation of the Cart, 34
Navigation of the Clyde, 31, 211, 231
Neilston Parish, 78, 270, 320, 343, 361
Oak bark, 117, 264
Oak timber, 117
Oats, 100, 104, 105, 204
Obstacles to improvement, and remedies, 347
Occupation of farms, the mode of, 65
Orchards and gardens, 71, 114, 216, 224
Oxen, 155, 173
Paisley, 3, 56, 141, 239, 292, 321
Paisley, abbey of, 55, 57, 137, 145, 239, 299
Paisley, forest of, 116
Paper manufacture, 275
Paring and burning, 132
Parish, Cathcart, 78, 275, 320, 343, 361
Parish, Eaglesham 78, 317, 343, 361
Parish, Eastwood, 79, 314, 343, 361
Parish, Erskine, 78, 320, 343, 361
Parish, Houstoun, 78, 320, 343, 361
Parish, Inchinnan, 78, 320, 343, 361
Parish, Innerkip, 78, 320, 343, 361
Parish, Kilbarchan, 79, 81, 315, 343, 361,
Parish, Kilmalcolm, 78, 320, 343, 361
Parish, Lochwinnoch, 79, 317, 343, 361
Parish, Mearns, 78, 320, 343, 361
Parish, Neilston, 78, 270, 320, 343, 361
Parishes, 2
Pastures, 95, 108, 113
Pearls, 34
Pease and beans, 100, 105
Peat as fuel, 174
Peat moss as manure, 135
Peers, 39, 53, 364
Pheasants, 121
Pigeons, 156
Plantations, 117
Ploughing matches, 95, 352
Ploughing, early, 95, 349
Ploughs, 86
Poaching, 144, 349
Poor rates, or assessments, 80
Poor, 288
Poor, Assessments for the, 289
Popish chapel, 260
Population, 339
Population, effects of inclosing on, 90
Port-Glasgow, 114, 205, 217, 236, 312
Post office, 213, 221, 238, 268, 271
Potatoe culture, 101
Potatoe, effects of pulling blossoms from, 103
Potatoe, quantity of produce from, 106
Poultry, 156
Printfields, Wages of persons at, 275
Printing of linen and cottons, 273
Produce, kinds & quantities of, 104, 106, 111, 144
Profit and expense on farming, 84
Property, changes of, 39, 41, 53
Property, state of, 37
Property, value of, 216, 223, 272
Proprietors, entailed, 53
Proprietors, number of, 41
Proprietors, resident and non-resident, 53
Provincial terms, 352
Provisions, prices of, 160
Queys, 145, 171
Rabbits, 156
Rag-wort, 136
Rain, 10
Reaping, 105
Renfrew, Baron of, 4, 54
Renfrew, barony or county of, 1
Renfrew, ferry of, 165, 289
Renfrew, royal burgh of, 1, 15, 56, 129, 237, 317
Renfrewshire, Area of, 2
Renfrewshire, Camden's Account of, 3
Renfrewshire, ecclesiastical division, 2
Renfrewshire, natural division, 7
Renfrewshire, Rental of 38
Rents, 69, 90, 216, 224, 272
Repairs, 61
Reservoirs, 35, 124
Revenues from docks and harbours, 214, 221
Revenues of towns, 214, 222, 238, 271
Revenues, public, 285
Ridges, 95
Rivers, 30, 186, 211
Roads, 176
Roller, 86
Rope works, 236
Rotation of crops, 83, 97, 100
Run rig, 128
Ruta-baga, 107
Rye-grass, 100, 110, 167
Sail cloth manufactory, 236
Salmon fishing, 30, 234
Sand or gravel soil, 13
Schoolmasters' salaries, 72, 330, 361
Schools, 329
Schools, Charity, 332
Sea weed, 136
Seamen, 284, 340
Servants, 157
Sheep, 147, 173
Ship-building, 237
Ships and vessels, 210, 219, 231, 233, 284
Silk-gauze manufacture, 242
Skinners, 276
Soap making, 237, 238, 263
Soaper's waste, 34
Societies, agricultural, 351
Societies, friendly, or box clubs, 335
Soils, 13
Soot, 134
Spirituous liquors, houses for retailing, 338
Statute labour, or road-money, 182
Stipends of ministers, 75, 78
Stirks and queys, 145, 171
Straw, Price of, 168
Sugar, boiling, 236
Surface, 7
Swans, 36
Tan works, 237, 264
Tanners' bark, 117, 264, 271
Tape manufacture, 262
Tares, 100
Taxes assessed, 282
Taxes on building materials, 63
Taxes on property, 85, 282
Tenures burgage at Paisley, 56, 261
Tenures under the King, the Prince, Burghs, &c. 54
Thrashing machines, 88
Thread manufacture, 244
Till bottom, 13
Tillage, 95
Timber yards, 267
Tithes or tiends, 72
Tonnage dues, amount of, 33, 186, 209, 211, 219, 231
Towns and villages, 3, 341
Towns and villages, their revenues, 214, 222, 238, 271
Trees, growth of, 117, 121
Turkeys, 156
Turnips, 100, 107
Valuation, or valued rent, 37
Value of property, 216, 223, 272
Wages of labourers and farm servants, 157
Wages of persons at bleachfields, 267
Wages of persons at cotton mills, 251
Wages of persons at printfields, 275
Wages of weavers, 258
Warehouses at Greenock, 216
Wastes, commons, and mosses, 14, 122, 139
Water, 30
Watering, 138
Weavers, Character of operative, 259
Weavers, Wages of 258
Weeding, 136
Weights and measures, 190
Whale fishing, 227
Wheat 100, 106, 164, 204
Whinstone, 13, 28
Winds, prevailing, 10
Winnowing machine 87
Woods and plantations, 116
Wool, 153
Woollen rags as a manure, 34
Young cattle, 145, 171
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