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Old well beside Paisley Abbey
Howell's description draws, in part, on Robert Brown's 1886 "History of Paisley", which supplies more information about William Erskine of Balgonie. In the same work, a footnote adds, about Erskine, that "while at the Abbey he caused a well to be sunk in it there, which is known at this day by the name of the 'Balgonie Well'. Upwards of half-a-century ago, the water in this well was considered best for making tea of any in Paisley, and was therefore greatly used for that purpose in all parts of the town".
Beside the well is Place of Paisley; though no longer using water from this well, it now houses, amongst other things, the abbey's cafe and tea-room. The site of the well is marked as a blue dot on large-scale OS mapping. In its present-day appearance, it is similar to one that can be seen at the Gallowgreen, not far from here: Link
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