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DIRECTORY.]
celebration of the communion by 3,000
Presbyterians, who objected to Episcopacy.
Richard Alexander Oswald esq. of Cavens.
the trustees of the late Samuel Adamson
esq. James Lennox Hannay esq. M.A. of
Lincluden, James Kay Duncan esq. and
Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell esq. J. P. of The
Grove, are the principal landowners. The
.soil is a light loam ; subsoil, gravel. Chief
â– crops are oats, roots and turnips. The
area is 13,655 acres ; rateable value ;
£9,443 : in 1891 the population was 747,
and in 1901, 701.
Post & T. O. Shawhead; Miss Jane Kerr,
sub-postmistress. Letters received from
Dumfries, which is the nearest money
order office, 6 miles distant. Postal
Orders are issued & paid. Delivery, 8
a.m.; dispatch, 3 p.m. week days only
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Robert Adamson
Clerk, David Douglas
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
David Douglas
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Rev. S. Dunlop B.D
United Free Church, Rev. Thomas Max-
tone Mailer
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, R. Adamson
Treasurer, D. Robison
Clerk, R. Adamson
Schools-: —
Irongray, David Douglas, master
Roughtree, Miss Mary Henderson.mistress
Conveyance — (waggonette), John Lands-
brough (Shawhead), to Dumfries, wed.
& sat
Carrier — James Gibson, Midrig, to Dum-
fries, wed. & sat
Irongray.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Blair James Edward, Drumpark mains
Dunlop Rev. S., B.D. (Estab.), The Manse,
Irongray
Ferguson John Henry, Croehmore
Haggas James Ellison, Drumclyer
Kay Mrs. Duncan James, Drumpark
McBurnie James, Knockshinnoch
Maxwell Maxwell Hyslop J.P. The Grove
Robson Robert J.P. Barncleuch
Welsh Miss, Bonerick
COMMERCIAL.
Fair James, stone mason, Chapelcroft
Gibson James, carrier, Midrig
McGill William, miller, Barnsoul
Revie Alexandrina (Mrs.), miller, West
Clouden mill
FARMERS.
Barbour William, Troquhain, Balmaclellan
Blain Alexander, Park
Caldow Robert, Rigghead
Craig James, Midtown, of Killydoun
Dobie Thomas, Old Cluden
DochrayJoseph & Thomas Dickson, Gatesid
Dochray John, Lagg
Dunn Samuel, The Glen
Fitzsimons George, Larbreck
Gibson James, Midrig & Nethertown
Gibson James Dalziel, Hallhill
Gibson Thomas, Barbuie
Gibson William, McNaughton
Harper James, Barnsoul
Hunter Robert, Birkbush
Hunter Robert, Braco
Hunter Walter, farm bailiff to Robert
Hunter, Long Beoch
Kissock James, Bush
Kissock John, Scaur
Lamont James, Ingleston
Landsbrough John, Hillhead
Lewis Thomas, Meikle Beoch
Little James, Barncleugh
McGubbin William M. Maxwelltown A
Upper Skeoch
McGufSe Mrs. Robert, Waterside
McRobert Alexander, Threepneuk
Miller Hugh, Meikle Barncleugh
Moffat Thomas, Margreig
Nelson John & Robert, Dalquhairn
Rankin Henry, Kdlncroft
Robison James, Romes Beoch
Robson Robert J.P. Barncleugh
Roden John, Cluden
Rogerson Douglas, Newmains
Sharpe Alex. Cornlee
Smith Misses Janet & Jane, Oakbank
Smith Robert, Lower Skeoch
Wright James, Bonerick
Wright Thomas, Glenkiln
KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIKE.
COMMERCIAL.
Boyd William, shoe maker
Coltart William, blacksmith
Douglas David, inspector of poor & regis-
trar of births, deaths & marriages'
Gibson Janet (Miss), dress maker
Haining James, builder, Rosebank
Hunter James, joiner
Kerr Jane (Miss), grocer, Post office
Landsbrough John, horse & omnibus owner
LAURIESTON, see Balmaghie.
LOCHFOOT, see Lochrutton.
LOCHRT7TTON is a parish at the north-
eastern extremity of the stewartry, 5 miles
south-west from Dumfries.its greatest length
being 5^ miles and breadth 4£ miles; it
is bounded on the north by the parishes of
Kirkpatrick and Terregles, east by Tro-
queer, south by Kirkgunzeon and west by
Urr, and is In the small debt court of Kirk-
cudbright, occasional courts being held at
Maxwelltown. At the base of a range of
hills in the parish lies the village of Loch-
foot, which is 2 miles north-west from
Lochanhead station on the Castle Douglas
and Dumfries section of the Glasgow and
South Western railway; the Lochfoot lake
is a fine sheet of water, 1 mile long by
half a mile broad, and provides the in-
habitants of Dumfries and neighbourhood
with an unfailing supply of water. On
one of the hills here the remains of
a Druidical circle still exist. Herbert
Constable Maxwell-Stuart esq. of Scarth-
ingwell Hall, Tadcaster, Yorks, is the
principal landowner. The soil is of a light
loam, subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
oats, roots and potatoes. The area com-
prises 7,739 acres; rateable value, £6,668;
the population in 1891 was 534, and in 1901,
497.
Post Office, Lochfoot ; Miss Elizabeth
Davidson, postmistress. Letters through
Dumfries. Delivery, 7.45 a.m.; dispatch,
4 p.m. The nearest money order office
is at Dumfries; the nearest telegraph
office at Lochanhead station, 2 miles
distant
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, David Steel
Clerk, Anthony M. Dick
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Inspector of Poor & Collector of Poor
Rates, Anthony M. Dick, Lochfoot
Established Church, Rev. Thomas Crosbie
M.A., M.B
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, Rev. Thomas Crosbie
Clerks, Craig & Geddes, 8 English street.
Dumfries
Board School, Lochfoot, Anthony M. Dick,
master
Railway StmVon, 2 miles 1 from Lochfoot,
John Mirrey, station master
CONVEYANCE.
Tames Swan, to Dumfries (waggonette),
wed. & sat
Carriers pass through from Haugh of
Urr, to Dumfries, wed
Lochfoot.
Letters should be addressed Lochfoot,
Dumfries.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Brown John, Three Crofts
Crosbie Rev. Thomas M.A..
B.D. (Estab)
Shawhead.
Mailer Rev. Thomas Maxtone (United Free
Church), The Manse
COMMERCIAL.
Curling Club (Anthony M. Dick, sec)
Davidson Elizh. (Miss), grocer, Post office
Dick Anthony M. schoolmaster, clerk to
Parish Council, registrar of births &c.
inspector of poor & collector of rates
Hunter James, grocer, Old mill
Johnson William, cartwright
Lockerby William, cartwright
M'Donald John, boot & shoe maker
Porteous John, blacksmith
Swan James, grocer & waggonette proprtr
FARMERS.
Letters should be addressed Lochrutton,
Dumfries.
Affleck Mrs. Grace, North park
Armstrong James S. Lochside
Brown John, Three Crofts
Clark James, Nunland
Coltart George, East hill
Coupland John, Banks
Dickson Joseph, Mains of Hills
Farish James, Bogrie
Grierson Robert, Moat of Lochrutton
MINNIGAFF. 953
Henderson William, Carswadda
Hyslop John, South park
Kirk John, Slacks
Kirkpatrick Mrs. Jessie, Deanside
Kissock John, Drumore
M'Cubbing John. Drum
McCubbing Robert, Foreside
Mair John, Bourock
Moffat William, Under Brae & Upper Brae
Morrison William & John, Arnmannoch
Shuttleworth John, Barr
Shuttleworth Thomas, Shilling hill
Smith John, Gateside
Steel David, Auchenfranco
Varney Joseph, Nunland
Wightman John, Head
Wilson Alexander, Foremannoch
MAXWELLTOWN", -which forms part
of the parliamentary burgh of Dumfries, is
a burgh of barony and town in the parish
of Troqueer, in the stewartry of Kirk-
cudbright, and is divided from Dumfries
town by the river Nith, over which are
three bridges, one of which is an ancient
structure coeval with the Franciscan Monas-
tery, to which its bridge tolls once be-
longed. The observatory and the gaol are
both in this suburb. Full particulars and
lists of residents are given with Dumfries
(see Dumfries-shire).
MINNIGAFF is a large parish, in tho
western part of the stewartry of Kirkcud-
bright, 17 miles in length by il in breadth;
it is bounded on the north by the county of
Ayr and the parish of Carsphairn, on the
north-east by Kells, south-east by Girthon
and Kirkmabreck, and on the west by the
river Cree, over which there is a bridge
uniting it to the parish of Penninghame
and the. town of Newton Stewart. The
parish in in the small debt court district
of Castle Douglas, and has a stnton at Pal-
nure, 3 miles south-east from Oree Bridge,
on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire joint
railway. In the lower parts the land has
been a good deal improved, especially to-
wards the margin of the Cree, which is
navigable for several miles and produces
excellent fish of various kinds, including
an abundance of salmon. The major
portion of the parish is devoted to pasture-
age, and sustains large flocks of sheep and
numerous herds of black cattle. Messrs.
R. & W. Callander, timber merchants and
saw mill proprietors, have extensive works
here. The parish includes part of the town
of Newtnn Stewart, Wigtownshire (which
see). Kirroughtree, the seat of Major
Arthur C. Armitage D.L., J.P. within a
mile of Newton Stewart, but in the parish
of Minnigaff, is beautifully situated on the
side of a hill, surrounded by fine woods, and
intersected by pleasant winding paths; in
the grounds is a romantic grotto, formed
out of an old stone quarry. Palnure is a
village with a station on the Portpatrick
and Wigtownshire Joint railway, and a
small quay, near the confluence of the Pal-
nure burn with the river Cree, 3 miles
south-east from Newton Stewart and 4
north-west from Creetown. The area com-
prises 87,922 acres ; rateable value,
£14,958; the population in 1891 was 1,425,
of whom 40G were in Newton Stewart, and
1901, 1,309; of this number Newton
Stewart contained 394.
Letters for Minnigaff are received through
Newton Stewart
Post Office, Palnure (Railway Sub-Office.
Le L ters should have R-S.O. Kirkcudbright-
shire added") ; Miss Jessie M'Gowan,
sub-post mistress. Deliverv, 6.10 a.m. ;
dispatches, 4.30 & 9.20 p.m. Postal
Orders are issued & paid here. The
nearest money order & telegraph office
is at Newton Stewart, 4 miles distant
PARISH COUNCIL.
Cha ; rman, James Drew
Registrar of Births. William Henry
Inspector of Poor, Charles Breckenridge
Collector of Poor Rates, Alexander Waugh
Established Church, Rev. John Reid
United Free Church, Rev.Alexander Stewart
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, James Drew
Clerk & Treasurer, Robert Carson
Schools:—
Cree Bridge, Minnigaff, George Cowburn,
master
Stranord, Minnigaff, Alexander McDowall,
master
CONVEYANCE.
Station. Palnure, 3 miles distant, Robert
Armstrong, station master