Tour Scotland Photograph Video Interior Of Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of the Abbey in Paisley, Scotland. Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery, and current Church of Scotland parish kirk, located on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in west central Scotland. In 1163 Walter FitzAlan, the first High Steward of Scotland issued a charter for a priory to be set up on land owned by him in Paisley. Around 13 monks came from the Cluniac priory at Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England, to found the community. Paisley grew so rapidly that it was raised to the status of abbey in 1245. Monks from Paisley founded Crossraguel Abbey in Carrick, Ayrshire, in 1244. In 1307, Edward I of England had the abbey burned down. However, it was rebuilt later in the 14th century. William Wallace, born in nearby Elderslie is widely believed to have been educated for some time when he was a boy in the abbey.



Tour Scotland video of the interior of the Abbey in Paisley, Scotland.

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