Paisley Abbey

church in Paisley, Scotland
Church church_building Q3018559
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Paisley Abbey

Summary

Paisley Abbey is a church building[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paisley Abbey's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Paisley Abbey is located in Renfrewshire[4].
  • Paisley Abbey is located in Paisley[5].
  • Paisley Abbey is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Paisley Abbey's instance of is recorded as church building[7].
  • The location of Paisley Abbey was Paisley[8].
  • Paisley Abbey's Commons category is recorded as Paisley Abbey[9].
  • 1163 marks the founding of Paisley Abbey[10].
  • Paisley Abbey's OS grid reference is recorded as NS4855963954[11].
  • Paisley Abbey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.8449506254266, 'lon': -4.42028333934019}[12].
  • Paisley Abbey's official website is recorded as http://www.paisleyabbey.org.uk/[13].
  • Paisley Abbey's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[14].
  • Paisley Abbey's associated electoral district is recorded as Paisley and Renfrewshire South[15].
  • Paisley Abbey's historic county is recorded as Renfrewshire[16].

Body

Geography

Paisley Abbey is in the country of United Kingdom[6]. Located in include Renfrewshire[4], a council area[17], in United Kingdom[18] and Paisley[5], a civil parish[19], in United Kingdom[20].

Designation and Status

Paisley Abbey's instance of is recorded as church building[7]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[14]. Its religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

1163 marks the founding of Paisley Abbey[10].

Why It Matters

Paisley Abbey ranks in the top 1% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Crowsus · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation category A listed building
    Country
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Renfrewshire, Paisley
    Inception +1163-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3032]]: [[Q15111500]]"
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