Paisley Abbey
Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about 7 miles west of Glasgow, in Scotland.Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Presbyterian
- Description: church in Paisley, Scotland
- Address: Paisley, PA1 1JG
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alien Gargoyle and Paisley Gilmour Street railway station.
Paisley Gilmour Street railway station
Railway station
St Mirin’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Mirin in Paisley, dedicated to Saint Mirin the patron saint of Paisley, is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Paisley and is the seat of the Bishop of Paisley. St Mirin’s Cathedral is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Paisley Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paisley and Ralston.
Paisley
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paisley is a town in Renfrewshire, on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 79,40 in 2020. It was a major centre for textiles, mass-producing "Paisley pattern" fabrics, though all the mills are long gone.
Ralston
Suburb
Ralston is a small, middle-class, suburban settlement in Renfrewshire, Scotland, being part of the greater town of Paisley. The district straddles the A761, the main dual-carriageway between Renfrewshire and the City of Glasgow. Ralston is situated 1½ miles east of Paisley Abbey.
Penilee
Suburb
Penilee is a small housing scheme and suburb on the southwestern edge of Glasgow, Scotland. The area is bounded to its east by the Glasgow suburbs of Cardonald and Hillington, and to the west by the Renfrewshire border and the farms of North and South Arkleston. Penilee is situated 2 miles east of Paisley Abbey.
Paisley Abbey
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8449° or 55° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
-4.42022° or 4° 25′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C7QRHVH+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 4678895OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=presbyterianWikidata ID
Q3018559
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Paisley Abbey” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Paysli monastrı”
- Basque: “Paisleyko abadia”
- Chinese: “佩斯利修道院”
- Dutch: “Paisley Abbey”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير بيزلى”
- French: “abbaye de Paisley”
- French: “Abbaye de Paisley”
- Georgian: “ფეისლის სააბატო”
- German: “Abtei Paisley”
- German: “Paisley Abbey”
- Greek: “Αββαείο του Πέισλι”
- Irish: “Mainistir Phàislig”
- Italian: “abbazia di Paisley”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Paisley”
- Japanese: “ペイズリー修道院”
- Japanese: “ペイズリー寺院”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Paisley Abbey”
- Norwegian: “Paisley Abbey”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Paisley”
- Russian: “монастырь Пайсли”
- Scots: “Paisley Aibey”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abaid Phàislig”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Paisley”
- Swedish: “Paisley Abbey”
- Welsh: “Abaty Paisley”
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