Scotland > 1868, 1878 - Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland > 1878 > Part 1

ARaYLESHIRE.
OAMPBBLTOWN.
SLATER'S
MIS0ELLANE0U3— eoTitl/»airf.
Lalng John, photographer, Loohend
M'DougallDuncau, town crier,Oorb6tt's close
M'Ginty Neil, broker, Back at
"M'Kinvou Charles, inspector of poor lor
Saddell and Skipness, Dell road
M'Xcilage Margaret, smallware dealer,
Saddell st
Mitchell Sanal.woollen manufacturer ,Lintmiil
Ritchie John, pier master. Carradalo
Temperance Relresbment Rooms, Old Quay
head— Charlotte M'Dougall, manager
Wallace William, upholsterer, Longrow
Watson Robert, appraiser and undertaker,
Back st
SOURVI solid.
Si/rtt Di« (riff i— Robert Bell
Second District — James Proctor
Third District — Archibald Lyle
Fourth District— 'Ridstes.d Craven
Fifth District — Thomas Swindella
Public Buildings, Offices, &,c.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
AND THEIR MINISTERS.
Established Churches— Rev. James C.
Russell, Highland charge, Argyle st; Rev.
George Walter Strang, Lowland charge,
Castle hill
Established Church, Carradale — Rev.
John Grant Levack
Episcopal Church, Ai-gyll st— Rev. Elliott
Augustus Knipe
Free Churches— Rev. Hector BI'Neil
United Presbyterian Church, Argyll st
— Rev. James Boyd, r.D.
Roman Catholic Chapel, St. John st—
Rev. Vincent Celetter
Argyll (Srd) Rifle Voluntoors, Bolgam st—
Charles M'Taggart, major; Charles 0.
Greenlees and John Murray, cantains
Argyll and Bute (117th) Artillery Militia,
Argj'U st^George B. Pownall, captain and
adjutant
I Argyll (6th) Artillery Volunteers, Argyll st
— Hector Macneal, captain
Athenceum, Town Hall buildings— James
M'Kersie, secretary; Wilham Greenlees,
treasurer; Ehzabeth Campbell, keeper
Borough Prison. Castle liill— George M'Leod,
keeper
Campbeltown and Glasgow Steam Packet
Company, Quay head — John Murray,
CUSTOM HOUSE,
Argyll street.
Superintendent of Customs and Mercantile
Marine — James Barnes
Outdoor Ojiecr — Alexander Mitchell
inla:;i) revenue office,
Main street.
Collector— 3 a.mea Macfadzean
First Clerk— 3ose])h Tait
Second Clerk — Ai-chibald Fullarton
manager
Campbeltown Gas Works— James M'Ewing,
secretary; William Robertson, manager
Chamberlain's Office, to the Duke of Argyll,
Argyll st— David M'Gibbon, chamberlain
Fiscal's Office, County buildings, Main st —
Charles M'Taggart, Esq. fiscal for Kintyre,
and town clerk ; John Murray, Esq.
borough procurator fiscal
Freemasons' Lodge, St. John st
Harbour Trustee's Office — James Barnes,
collector ; Duncan M'Eachran, harbour
master
Kilkerran Burial Ground, Kilkerran road —
Ronald M'Alister, sexton
Lands Valuation Office, Burnsido st — John
Beith, jun. & David M. Maxtone, assessors
Life Boat Station, New Quay st — Donald
Gilchrist, in charge : Duncan M'Eachi-an,
secretary
Office of Supply for Argyll, Burnside st —
John Beith, jun. collector
Parochial Board, Cross st- Charles M'Tag-
gart, chairman; John R. Thomson, in-
spector of poor; John M'Isaac, collector
Pohce Office, Bolgam st~DugaldM'Kechnie,
superintendent
Poor Houaa— Sim»on Lord, olifcirman; Rot.
James Lauehla^, chaplain ; Peter M'N«U,
governor ; Margaret M'Neil, matron
Public Wash House. Castle acres— Georga
Mitchell, keeper
Public Weighing Machine— Alexander OlUr,
in charge
Registration of Births, Deaths & Marriagai
Office, Cross st — John M'Isaac, registrar
Road Assessment (Kintyre district) Office,
Burnside st— John Beith, jun. colieotor
Sheriff Court, County buildings, Main at—
James Gardiner, sheriff sub ; Sciplo
M'Taggart, sheriff clerk; Robert Giffen,
sheriff clerk depute; Alexander McMillan,
sheriff officer and Town Hall keeper
Stamp, Property and Assessed Tax Office,
Burnside st — John Beith, jun. collector of
taxes and distributor of stamps
Town Hall, Main st— Alexander M'Millan,
keeper
Water Works— Angus Taylor, manager
COACH & MAIL.
To SOUTHEND, the Royal Mail, from the
Post Office, on the arrival of the Mail from
Tarbert, at sis evening
To TARrfERT, the Boyal Mail, from Main
st. at ten minutes past six morning
I CARRIERS.
j To CARRADALE, Charles M*MiUan, from
1 the Post Office, Monday, Wednesday and
; Friday [st. daily
■ To SOUTHEND, Charles Black, from Crosa
[ To TAYINLOAN, Robert M'MiUan and Nell
} M-Neill, from Longrow, two or three times
a week
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To GLASGOW, the Gael dt Kintyre Steamers,
sis times a week during summer, and three
times in the winter — JohnMurray,manager
To AYR and STRANRAER, the Albion, evei-y
alternate Saturday — Thomas Thomson,
agent
CLACHAN, TAYINLOAN, KILLEAN, GLENBARR, BALLACHANTUIE,
AND KILKENZIE,
WITH THE ISLANDS OF GIGHA, CAEA, AND THEIR VICINITIES.
V'LACHAN is a viHage in the parisli of KUcnImonell, situated in a
fine valley on the lianks oJ a small stieam, over which is a good !
•tone bridge, and on the road from Tarbort to Campbeltown, 11
miles s. of the former, and 26 N. of the latter place. In the village
is the parish church, a chapel in which Free Church service is held,
and a board school; and a little to the east is the residence of
"William MKinnon, Esq., of BalinakUl, who is the proprietor of the
village, and who has effected considerable improvements. In the
vicinity, to the north-west, is a vitrified fort on a large scale, and
another contiguous fortification in ruins ; and among the hills to
the east are several fresh water lochs, well stored with trout. Eight
miles south, on the same road, and near the coast is
TAYINLOAN, a small village in the parish of Killean, about 19
miles from Campbeltown ; about half a mile in a northern direction
IS Largie Castle, the residence of Charles Morton M'Donald, Esq.,
and opposite the village, but separated from the mainland by a
sound about four miles broad, is the island of
GlGHA, which is nearly six miles long, and from two to three
miles broad, and is the property of J. W. Scarlett, Esq., of Achamore
House. An Established church and a board school are in the islaud.
_ Cara, a neighbouring island, which is about one mile in length,
IS the property of Charles Morton M'Donald, Esq.
KiLLEAN is about four miles south of Tayinloan. Near the road
stands the parish church, a small neat stone building, erected in
1787, and the parochial school; and about a quarter of a mile fur-
ther, on an eminence, is a handsome Free church, with a tower,
erected in 1846, and situated close by is also a board school. Seals
are very often seen lying on the rocks uear the coast. Population
in 1871 of the quoad sacra parish, 1,614. Nearly three miles south
from Killean and twelve north of Campbeltown is the village of
Glknbakr, situate on the banks of the Barr water, which is well
stocked with tine salmon and trout, and nearly a mile from the shore,
in a rich and well cultivated glen, is Barr House, the property of
Keith Macalister, Esq., a tine structure, built in the Gothic style,
and from its site an extensive view of the sea and north-east coast
of Ireland may be obtained. Three miles south of Gienbarr and
nine and a half north-west of Campbeltown, on the main road near
the shore, is
BALLACHANTUIE, a small village in the united parish of Killean
and Kilkenzie, containing a small church, erected in 1825, and a
board school. The road between this village and Campbeltown has
been much improved of late years, and a new road several miles in
length, was cut along the shore, at a great expense, to avoid the
hills on the old road. The chief employment of the people on tnia
coast is fishing and agriculture.
* ^?ti! ?^?i'^^' Tayinloan, Alexander [Grant, Post Jlfaster.— Letters arrive from Campbeltown at nine morning, and are del-
pfttcned thereto at half-past three afternoon. Letters an-ive from aU parts (uin Greenock and Tarbert) at haU-past three afternoon, and
»re despatched thereto at a quarter to nine morning, ' . •"
Money Order and Telegraph Ojfice and Savings Bank,
^. yost Office, Clachas, Sarah Page, Post llZis()-M».— Letters arrive from Campbeltown at ten morning, and are despatched
inereto at two atternoou. Letters from all parts arrive (via Greenock and Tarbert) at half-past two afternoon, and are despatched
at a quarter-past nine morning.
Postal Telegraph Office. Tayinloan is the nearest Uoneij Order Office.
nnnn'Lnd^J^rt^fwJ^S ^°^,^^\ *?™si''^i'E.. Donald M'Muichy, Posf itfarffr.-Letters arrive from all parts at a quarter-past four after
noon, and are despatched thereto at eight morning. t-.ii ,
Tayinloan is the nearest Money Order Office.
.^^ »^f ?li?f ^®^'^?"^,^'?'?''^' '^'i'^^BARB, Duncan M'MiUan, Post Jlfaster.-Letter arrive from aU parts at a quarter to five evening,
Ana are despatched thereto at half-past seven morning. i^ i oi
Tayinloan is the nearest Money Order Office.
M T°^^ aecelving- House, 3igha, Archibald M'NeiU, Post ifosler.-Letters arrive from all parts (by boat from Tayinloan) every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and are despatched the same days. r > j j ,
Tayinloan is the nearest Money Order Office.
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