Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
info@theurbanhistorian.co.uk
This is a temporary website while we migrate theurbanhistorian.co.uk to a new server and host.
#Seethehistoryaroundyou
This is the booking website for all of the Urban Historians talks, history cafe’s etc and the Heritage Buddies Graveyard Tours.
Our sister websites Renfrewshire Heritage, Renfrewshire Ancestors, and Heritage Buddies all feed into this website.
Discover Renfrewshire Heritge is our blog site where we post all of our local history research along with photogrpah galleries that will be moving from this website in the near future.
If you want to discover your family history, Renfrewshire Ancestors is our Genealogy website. We specialise in researching ancestors in the Old County of Renfrew, Scotland.
Click on our logo to discover more about our research packages
Heritage Buddies is a 2 year proeject funded by Renfrewshire Councils
Culture Heritage & Events Fund.
The project is exploring Renfrewshire’s Heritage Graveyards through survey, research & story telling along with graveyard tours and talks. Click the logo to visit the project website to discover more and event volunteer!
About Us
The Urban Historian is Stephen, a local historian with an archaeology and genealogy background.
Having taught local archaeology & history classes at the University of the West Scotland for many years, Stephen went freelance delivering heritage walks & talks and has advised Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire Tapestry and others on matters of local heritage.
Stephen’s research interests include the earcly church sites of Renfrewshire, linen thread manufacturing in Scotland and recording heritage graveyards.
