Where Legends Rest and Stories Rise
Renfrewshire’s Historic Graveyards contain a wealth of information for local and family historians providing glimpses into the past. This website aims to gather useful information in one place for any researcher.
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Black Markers – Paisley Graveyards
Musturd Markers – Wider Renfrewshire Graveyards
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The Laigh Kirk of Paisley was opened in 1738 and burials at the site started very quickly aftert that.
Burial records for the graveyard are lost, but the register of Lair Owners still exists, and several transcriptions have been carried out since the 1850s.
In September 2025 I have published a new volume of transcriptions of the headstones and memorials from the Laigh Kirk, using new photographs and consulting older transcriptions, to bring a definative record of the surviving identifiable stones. The Volume also contains a short history of the building, along with a detailed list of its ministers and their families from 1738 to 1820. The Book will be available for purchase soon via amazon.co.uk and their other regional sites.
To go with the new volume I have also created a new a new plan of the graves at the Laigh Kirk, numbered to match the volume, which also contains a full copy of the 1850s transcriptions by Mary Anne Semple. You can see the plan below.
Discover the history of the building, the ministers of the Laigh Kirk and all of the transcriptions in this new publication which also includes a facsimilie of the the 1850s transcriptions made by Mary Ann Semple.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Laigh-Kirk-Graveyard-Paisley-Transcriptions
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