Counties > Renfrewshire > 1829-1842 - Fowler's commercial directory of the principal towns and villages in the upper ward of Renfrewshire > 1829-1830

APPENDIX. 131
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Town's Grammar School, High street, Peter M'Laren, Teacher.
Trades' School, High street, John Brown, Teacher.
Ladies' School, High sti-eet, Teacher vacant. This school is
supported by subscription, and conducted by Misses Speirs of
Elderslie, Misses Campbell of Blythswood, and Miss Oswald of
Scotstone. The number of girls who attend on an aggregate, for
instruction in reading and sewing, are thirty.
Sabbath Evening School, High street, John Brown, Teacher,
Scholars 60.
SESSION CLERK.
William Howat, High street.
CHURCH OFFICER AND PRECENTOR.
Andrew Crawford, officer. High street
Walter Barr, precentor, High street.
EXCISE OFFICERS.
Andrew Clark, Orchard street
Walter Watson and Thomas Austor, Yoker.
Robert Brown, Orchard street, tide waiter
RENFREW NEWS ROOM.
At the Black Bull Inn, 3 High st. — Free to Burgesses & Strangers.
POST OFFICE, 1 High Street.
ARRIVALS OF POST.
EDINBURGH AND PAISLEY, (foot post,) 8 o'clock morning
summer, and 9 o'clock morning winter.
EDINBURGH, PAISLEY, AND ENGLISH, (foot post,) 7 o'clock
evening.
DEPARTURE OF POSTS.
EDINBURGH AND PAISLEY, (foot post,) at 1 o'clock afternoon.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND ENGLISH, (foot post,) at 9 o'clock
evening.
Letters must be put into the post office a quarter of an hour
before departure.. Office open on Sunday from 9 to 10 morning,
1 till 2 afternoon, and 7 till 8 o'clock evening.
Hugh Lang, post master.
N. B. Letters delivered in town by post master.
William Morton, post runner, Mugg's lane.
STAGE COACHES.
BARON OF RENFREW, starts from the Bull Inn, 3 High street,
(every lawful day except Thursday,) for Glasgow at 10 o'clock
forenoon, and leaves Lyon's office. No. 78, Trongate, Glasgow,
at half-past 5 o'clock afternoon for Renfrew — and on Thursdays