Blackhall Manor

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The Barony of Blackhall is a Scottish feudal barony which originally covered the area of Renfrewshire and a part of Ayrshire.[citation needed]

The Manor House

Blackhall Manor after restoration

Blackhall Manor is a modest house near Paisley in Renfrewshire. It dates to the sixteenth century,[1][2] and formerly belonged to the Stewart or Shaw-Stewart family.[3] According to a record book now lost, barony courts were regularly held there in the sixteenth century.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Off Barrhead Road Blackhall Manor House". Historic Environment Scotland Decisions Portal. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Paisley, Blackhall". Canmore. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Leith Stuart (15 June 2010). Blackhall Manor - Its History and Restoration. Scottish Castles Association. Accessed March 2016.

Further reading

  • The Place of Blackhall – the Story of eight centuries," Janet S. Bolton, Stewart Society Journal-Vol. XVIII N° 3
  • The Stewarts of Blackhall and Ardgowan," J.L. Olar BA, Journal of Ancient and Medieval Studies: The Octavian Society, 1997–2000
  • From Royal Stewart to Shaw Stewart," Janet S. Bolton, Nenufra Publications 1989