Counties > Moray (Elgin) and Nairn Shires > 1844; 1847; 1850; 1852 - Russell's Morayshire register, and Elgin and Forres directory > 1844

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Dick Bequest - - . -
School Fees, &c. -
£65 13 5
•with a house and garden.
There are other three schools in the parish.
Sole Heritor — The Earl of Seafield.
Post-office — Car Bridge.
EoTHiEMURCHUS (A Quoad Sacra Parish.)
Name — From the Gaelic, Rath a mhorghiuthais, signifying
the plain of great pines.
Extent — 7 miles long, by 10 miles broad.
Situation — ^On the South banks of the Spey, which sepa-
rates it from Duthil.
Population in 1841—521.
Patron.
The Crown.
Minister (Vacant.)
Stipend. — £120 sterling, with manse and offices, and glebe
of 4 acres.
School. — James Robertson, Teacher.
Salary. — £10 per annum, with school fees and houce and
garden.
Sole Heritor. — Sir J. P. Grant, Puisne Judge, Calcutta.
Post Office — Carr Bridge.
DUFFUS.
Name — Derived from the Gaelic word " Duburst," signify-
ing " Black Lake.''
Extent — Length 6 miles, breadth 3 miles, of which about
6000 are arable.
Situation — About six miles from Elgin, extending along
the Moray Fi-ith.
Population in 1841—2530.
Patron.
The Hon. Sir Archibald Dunbar, of Northfield, Bart.
Minister.
The Rev. Alex. Brander, ordained in 1828.
Stij^end — As augmented in 1822, is 120 bolls oatmeal, 120
bolls barley, with £8 6s 8d of element money, making the