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DIRECTORY.
ELGIN.
ELGINSHIRE.
fifty children of the working class, who are wholly supported and good, connected with the guildiy; there is a flourishing charity
educated in the establishment, are in the east wing. At the back, fund from which decayed members and their families derive hand-
or south wing, is the Free School, where the children receive a free ; some pensions. The municipal government is vested in a provost,
education, but are supported at home ; the number of these averages four baillies, and twelve councillors. The burgh joins with Banff,
from two hmidred and fifty to three hundred. The western extrem- j CuUen, Inverurie, Kintore, and Peterhead, in returning one mem-
ity of the town is embellished by Gray's Hospital, a noble and | ber to parliament. There are several mineral springs iu the vicinity
modfrn structure. Dr. Alexander Gray, of India, a native of Elgin, | of Elgin, and from the healing virtues of their waters, with the
by will bequeathed £30,000 for the purpose of erecting and endowing t salubrity of the climate, many are supposed to have derived consi-
a hospital, for the sick poor of this town and county. This building I derablo benefit. The weekly corn markets are held on Friday ;
is delightfully seatiHl upon an eminence, and has a fine portico, j tho cattle markets are held on the third Friday in the months
supported by stately pillars, and surmounted by an elegant dome; , of January, February, March, April, the second Friday in May,
the whole is spacious and built of stone, according to a design i the third Tuesday and last Friday in July, the first
furnished by Mr. Gillespie, of Edinburgh. Another handsome | Tuesday and last Friday in June, August, September, and
building of importance is the Elgin Club House, situated in Com- j October, the second Friday in November, and the third Wednesday
merce street. This building is in the Italian style of architecture, in December. The feeing markets are held on the 26th May, if
and contains a reading room, thirty by twenty-five feet ; entrance Friday, if not, Friday before, the first Friday in July (harvest), and
hall and billiard room, over forty-one by twenty-five, and eighteen ' the Friday before the 28th of November. Population of Ei^in in
feet in height. There are also card rooms, keepers' apartments, 1 1S71, 8,604.
and all other accessories finished and fittted up in a very i Alves is a small parish some Q'^ miles long by 5^^ miles wide
handsome manner from the designs of Messrs. Reid, of Elgin. ! situated about 3 miles e. of Elgin. It contains an Established, also
The principal street of the town is about a mile in length, widening ] a Free church, and two schools. Population in 1871, 1,018.
in the centre, where stands the Established church, a beautiful Birnie is a parish distant about 3 miles s. of Elgin, aud is 7 miles
modern structure, after a plan by Archibald Simpson, Esq.; it is I in length, andaverages about one and three-fourthsin breadth • the
calculated to seat a congregation of two thousand. The western j church is supposed to be the oldest in Scotland. Population, 376,
pediment is supported by six massive fluted columns ; and at the ' On the opposite bank of the Lossie to that of Elgin is the village
east end is a lofty tower, surmounted by a figure of Demosthenes' I of Bishop Mill, in the parish of New Spynie, the superior of
lantern, supported by eight columns. Tho building cost about which is the Earl of Seafield. It contains a few of the trades
£8,000. On the west of it is a raised and spacious pavement, used j usually found in a country village, corn mills, and a public school,
as a market place for farmers' prcduce, and also a beautiful fouu- Lossiemouth is a large village, in the parish of Drainie five
tain, which has an imposing efifect. In North-street, commencing | miles n. from Elgin, situated on the banks of the Lossie at its
about the middle of the town, are many fine buildings, particularly influx with the Moray Firth, from which locality its name is
the Trinity Lodge Rooms, a handsome edifice erected in 1321, after j derived. It is the seaport of Elgin, and was fast advancing into
a design by Mr. Burns, of Edinburgh, at a cost of £3,000. This l importance, but since 1367 its trade has been ranidlv dLclininff
street is tastefully termiuated by the Trinity or Scottish Episcopal
chapel, a neat Gothic edifice, erected in 1825. During the last few
years Elgin has very considerably increased in extent, and on the
south side whole streets of handsome villas have been erected, and
many of the old buildings, which obtruded themselves upon the
front of High-street, have been pulled down, and new structures
raised in their place. In this street are the principal inns. Hera
Most of the town is regularly laid out, and is a resort for sea-
bathers. Several gentlemen, resident in Elgin, have erected villas
in which they reside during the summer months. .\ new harbour
was opened in 1839, and has since been improved, which renders it
a safe and commodious haven for shipping. The cost of this erec-
tion amounted to £20,000. The improvement of tho harbour, and
the facilities of railway communication, which this vilJa'^e has now
also are the banking houses — highly respectable branches of the ! enjoyed for several years, have given a stimulus to the trade"which[
British Linen Company, the Commercial Bank of Scotland, the j has rendered it one of the most important seaports north of Aber-
Bank of Scotland, the North of Scotland Bank, the Caledonian | deen. Population in 1871, 855.
Bank, the Union Bank of Scotland, tho Royal, the City of Glasgow, j New Spynie is a parish lying to the north of and adioininff
and a Savings Bank. The tradeof this bui'gh cannot be consiaered Elgin, and contains the village of Bishop Mill, Population in
extensive, being situated in an agricultural district, and princi- 1871, 1,612. '
pally depending thereupon; it was, however, greatly increased by
the opening of the great North of Scotland and Morayshire Rail-
way, There is a woollen manufactory which employs many hands,
and an iron foundry, and saw mills. Of the other braucnes, a
trade in corn, wool, and timber is of some consequence, and there
is a large tannery, while in the neighbourhood are the famous dis-
tilleries of Milton, Dufl", and Linkwood, also limeworks and a stone ^ ^ ^_ ^^__ ^^^^
quarry. Alexander II., in 1224, gi-anted to the burgesses of Elgin a | mill, a few well-stored shop's, respectable "board'i'n-^'s'choors andean
guild of merchants, which still continues, though tho funds of the infant school. It is noteworthy for its geological productions
corporation were, for a considerable period, merged in the common '
&T. Andrew's-Lhanbryd.— This parish comprehends what were
origiuaUy two— St. Andrew's and Lhanbryd— the former inclndin<'
Lmkwood and Barmuckity; tho latter lay to the east of Sb*
Andrew's, and comprehended the lands of Coxton. Pitnaseir &e
Population in 1871, l,3i6. '
About thi-ee miles e. of Elgin, and in the above-named parish ia
the neat village of Lhanbryd, having a good inn, saw miuT wooU'en
POST OFFICE, COMMEECE STEEET, ELGIN,
JAMES jWCURRACH, Post Master.
Arrival of the Xtlails.
From Keith, Inverness, Nairn, Forres, Perth, Glasgow, Edinburgh, England, &c. at nine morning.
Prom Rothes, Dufftnwn, Craigellachle, BaUindalloch, Aberdeen, Banff, Huntlv. Inverness, and the North at half r.nof +T„ai„«
From Keith, Fochabers, England, &c. Edinburgh, FoiTes, Nairn, Arderseir, and Inverness at a quarter-past threeVftemTnn °^
From Lossiemouth at half-past nine morning and twenty minutes past one afternoon. ' t-moon.
From Burghead at nine morning. «
From Heath Cottage, Hopeman, Duffus, Quarrywood, Lhanbryd, and Pluscarden, at twenty-five minutes before ten mornini?
nespatch of tbe Mails.
To Forres, Nairn^ and Inverness at ten minutes past six morning.
To Fochabers, Banfl", Keith, Hunily, Aberdeen, &c. at half-past seven morning.
To Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, England, &c. at ten morning.
To Craigellachle and Rothes at forty minutes past eight morning.
To Aberdeen, Banfi", and Huntly at half-past eleven moru ing.
To Forres, Nairn, Inverness, Edinburgh, and England at half-past twelve afternoon.
To Aberdeen, Fochabers, and Keith at two afternoon in winter, and twenty minutes past five in summer
To Ptothes. Craigellachle, Speyside, and Granton at four afternoon.
To Edinburgh Glasgow, Perth England, and Ii-eland at half-past six in winter, and fifty-five minutes past seven in summor
To Lossiemouth at forty mmutes past eight morning, three afternoon, and sis evening s«ven m summei.
To Hopeman, Duffus, Quarry^vood, Lhanbryd, Heath Cottage, and Pluscarden at three afternoon
deliv'l^ecuS'h^se^ calUng,'' "'"'' '''"" "'"' '" ''° ""^'°'"- ""'^ '^""^ '^-P'-^^^ *^*^^ ^" ^^^^"P^^* iour afternoon, when letters will bfl
The box closes for the South and North mails at ten morning, and Fochabers and Keith at two afternoon
Money Order Savings Bank, and Telegraph business transacted from nine morning till six evenin*- On Satnrdnv «-,.«^,s,„ *-ii ■ i.*
Telegraph Office is open on Sunday from nine until ten morning, and from foui- until five afternoon ^''^'^''^^^ evening till eight.
Post Office, Lossiemouth, Robert Sim, Post ilfosier.— Letters arrive from all parts at half-nast m'n*^ mnv.-„-r,„ n i* - .
before four afternoon, and are despatched at twenty minutes before nine moiXg,qSei before ol mmutes
noon, and on Satm-day at a quarter-past seven evening. On Sunday at forty minutesTast s£ eveni^ff quarter-past four after-
T, ^ r^ «• ^.^'^'"'^yO'-^'^'-^^'^lT^^^orapk Office and Savings Bank^
*^* Letters for Burghead, Dufi^us, Birnie, Hopeman, Lhanbryd, Elackhills PluqVardRn KpHio TToofK n i*. ^
Shogle should he addressed via Elgin. Letters for Alves should be addressed JiaFo^E^^^^^ ' Cottage, Quan-ywood, and
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