Scotland > 1837 - Pigot and Co.'s national commercial directory for the whole of Scotland and of the Isle of Man

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CROMARTY.
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VI NTN E K S—Cmtinuei.
IleidJohii (Anchor) Links
Ross Georpe, Church st [lane
Thomson Win. (Hussar) Barclay's
Thotuson William, Back lane
WINE MERCHANTS.
Grigor John, Church st
Joyner John, Church st
WRIGHTS.
See Joiners, 8(C.
WTRITERS.
Grigor James, Church st
Mitchell Robert (and towa clerk)
Duke street
Miscellaneous .
Allen Hugh, ship builder. Shore [Shore
Dyer and Einmett, hemp manufacturers,
Fraser John, saddler, &c. Duke st
Jendon Henry, hair dresser, High st
Johnson Robert, blacksmith. West st
M'Kenzie Donald, seedsman. Rose st
Ross Andrew, painter, Duke st
Taylor John, sheriff's clerk. Rose st fst
Williamson Andiew, nail maker. Church
Public Offices.
Custom House, Duke street — William
filoviBX, ■principal officer [officer
FisHEKY Office, Shore — John Nicoll,
Preventive Office, Braehead — Lieut.
John Colman, R. N. chief officer
Stamp Office, Church street— John
Joyner, distributer
OMNIBUS.
To INVERNESS, an Omnibus, from the
Crown Inn, eveiy morning (Sunday
excepted), at half-past six ; goes thro'
Fortrose, Avach, &c. and returns the
same evenings at half-past seven.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
STEAM PACKETS.
To LEITH, the Brilliant, every Friday,
and sailing smacks, once a week
To LONDON, the Dutchess of Suther-
land, every alternate Friday, and sailing
smacks, once a week
To NAIRN, a passage boat, from Mann's
Hotel, every Monday and Thursday
morning (weather permitting), and
returns the same evenings.
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DINGWALL,
STRATHPEFFER, MARYBOROUGH, CONAN BRIDGE, AND NEIGHBOURHOODS.
'INGWALL is a royal burgh, and capital of the
parish of its name, in the eastern part of Ross-shire;
178miles n. n.w. of Edinburgh, 23 n. w. of Inverness,
20 s.w. of Cromarty, 14 s.w. of Invergordon, and 10 n.
of Beauly ; pleasantly situate on a fertile plain, near the
western extremity of the beautiful frith of Cromarty,
which is navigable at high water, for light craft, as far
as the town. It is supposed that at some remote pe-
riod Dingwall was much more extensive than it now
is, as causeways and foundations of buildings have been
found some hundreds of yards from the site of the pre-
sent town. As it now exists, Dingwall is neat and
well built, and consists of one main street, well paved,
and a few smaller ones ; it is copiously supplied with
excellent water from springs above the town, into
which it is conveyed by means of pipes. The town-
house, near the centre of the burgh, is a curious old
building, with a spire and clock ; and the church is a
plain structure, on the north side of the town. In the
neighbourhood of the latter edifice is an obelisk, fifty-
seven feet in height, erected to the memory of George,
first Earl of Cromarty, who, eccentric at death as in
.stretches about three miles due west from Dingwall,
have occasioned the erection of some twenty or thirty
neat villas or cottages around them, for the accommo-
dation of their invalid visiters : two excellent hotels
have recently been added, and (chiefly by the exertions
of Captain J. E. Gordon, late m. p. for Dundalk,) a
large and convenient hospital, provided with a medical
attendant and nurses, has also just been finished, for
the reception of the sick poor, who flock thither from
all parts of the Highlands ; the small hamlet of Auch-
ternead, about two miles distant from the pump-room
(or public lounge) attached to the principal well, and
many of the adjacent farm-houses, likewise furnish
lodgings to strangers when their influx is great, as it
generally is during the months of June, July and Au-
gust. 'I'he situation of these wells is romantic — the
neighbouring country fertile, and exceedingly beauti-
ful. The springs seem to rise through the porous red
sandstone which is prevalent in this district, and at
no great distance from the lofty mountain, Ben Wyvis,
one of the most conspicuous eminences in the north
of Scotland : the waters have long been known as me-
life, in accordance with his last injunctions was buried i dicinal, and an analysis of their composition (rather
here. Near the town formerly stood the mansion of imperfect) was published by Mr. Donald Monro in the
the powerful and noble family of Ross ; a rude frag
ment, in the garden attached to a villa, is now all that
remains of that once princely domicile. Dingwall was
philosophical transactions for 1772 ; they were brought
into considerable celebrity by Dr. Morrison, an Aber-
deenshire gentleman, who wfas an enthusiast for their
erected a royal burgh by Alexander II, and its charter I sanitary virtues, affirming them to be the strongest and
was renewed by James IV; it is governed by a provost,
a dean of guild, a treasurer and ten councillors, and
joins with Cromarty, and other burghs before speci-
fied, in returning a member to parliament. The town
is eligibly situated for the purposes of a more extensive
trade than it at present enjoys ; its business is chiefly
of a local character, manufactures not having as yet
found a seat among this respectable community. In
the High-street of the town are two very excellent inns,
the 'Royal Hotel' and 'Caledonian;' they are both
comfortable commercial as well as posting-houses. In
the same street a branch of the National Bank of Scot-
land has been for some time established , and at the west
most salubrious in Great Britain; they have subse-
quently been visited by various scientific individuals,
particularly by Dr. T.Thomson in May,1828, who ana-
lyzed the waters with the most scrupulous exactness.
Strathpeffer is bounded on the north by a high
sandstone ridge, and on the south it is skirted by the
steep, green, wooded acclivities of Knock-Farrel, one
of the most extensive and strongly vitrified forts (or
ancient beacon hills) in the country. The public road
through the valley passes along the properly, almost
exclusively, of Mr. Hay Mackenzie, of Cromarty, and
bounds the grounds of the ancient seat of that gentle-
man's family. Castle Leod, a castellated mansion, still
end is one of the Aberdeen Town and County Bank. | inhabited ; the same road, on quitting the strath, runs
Dingwall is surrounded by some of the most beau- ' by the romantic and beautifully wooded knolls of Coul,
tiful scenery in Scotland. The valley of Strathpeffer I the property of Sir George S. ft! ackenzie, Bart, and the
recedes to the westward, and is as lovely as any Low- 1 manse, village and island plain of Contin ; beyond
land vale; while the mountains at its head present all which the visiter of this district may either wander
the rude grandeur of the Highlands. The hill on the along the picturesque shores of Loch Echiltie, and the
north side of the town, a beautiful woody declivity, sheep-walks of Cornrie, to the cascades of the Conan —
will remind the traveller of the celebrated hill of Kin- I or, holding more to the north, he will be delighted
noul, near Perth. About a mile and a half from j with the falls of Rogie, on the Black water, which flows
Dingwall, on the road to Beaulv, is the small village | from the upland lake and moors of Strathgarve. Nearer
of MARyBORouGH, Seated on the left bank of the Co- ) to the mineral spa, he may likewise be gratified by a
nan, on the opposite side of which river is Conan walk through the lawns and pleasure-grounds of Brahn
Bridge, another little village. The weekly market of i Castle, the ancient and princely residence of the
Dingwall is held on Friday; and the annual fairs take ' Seaforth family; this beautiful seat is situate below
place on (lie first Tuesday in July (old style), and the | the southern slope of Knock-Farrel, and commands an
Tuesday immediately preceding old Christmas-day. extensive, magnificent and pleasingly varied prospect.
The mineral wells of Strath^ffer, situate at the comprehending the partially wooded and cultivated
upper extremity of a fertile valley of that name, which I courses of the rivers Conari and Orrin.
POST OFFICE, High-street, Dingwall, Roderick Hay, Post Master.— Letters from all parts of
the South arrive every afternoon at half-past one, and are despatched every morning at six.— Letters from
the Not th arrive every morning at six, and are despatched every afternoon at half-past one. — Letters from the
Isle of Sky, Loch Carron, Kintail, Gairloch, Loch Broom, and the Isle of Lewis arrive every
Monday, Wednesday and Kriday night at half-past eleven, and are despatched every Sunday, Tuesday and
Thursday afternoon at two.
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