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DIREOTORY.
PORPARSHIRE.
KIRRIEMUIR,
WITH THE PARISHES OP AIRLIE, CORTACHY AND CLOVA, KINGOLDRUM AND LINTRATHEN.
IviRRIEMUIR is a large town, one of considerable antiquity, a edifice, in atate of good preservation; and two miles west are tha
burgh of barony, and capital of Us parish, 62 miles n. from Bdin- ruius of Castle Balfour, erected by Cardinal Beaton. The surface
burgh, 18 N. from Dundee, 6 n.w. from Forfar, and 5 n. from Glamis. of the parish, which extends some twenty miles by six and embraces
The pariah is divided into two considerable districts, which are an area of 35,fi(}0 statute acres, is much diversitied ; to the east and
separated by part of the parish of Riugoldrum, the northern part, west of the to^^n it ia almost level, but the greater proportion of the
usually called Glenprosen, is chiefly pastoral ; the southern being district is beautifully varied with hills and dales, nvers, woods and
chiefly agricultural and manufacturing. The town is situated near arable fields— some parts embeUished with thriving plantations, and
the foot of the braes of Angus, on the south-west side of the hill, it is intersected by roads in all directions. The weekly market is
along the northern brow of a beautiful glen, through which flows held on Friday, and there is a monthly cattle market ; and the laira
the small rivulet Gairie. The prospect from the lower part of the on the second Wednesday after the 26th May, the 24th of July or
town is bounded by the southern braes of the glen, but from the the Wednesday after; the lilth October or the Wednesday after;
higher part almost the whole of the delightful vale of Strathmore the second Wednesday after the 22nd November, and on the first
is brought into view, displaying one of the grandest panoramic Friday after the the 26th of May and the 22ud ^ovembe^. The
scenes it is possible to conceive. The town consists of several , population of the entire parish was in 1871,6,420, of wuch numbei;
streets diverging from each other— fancifully described as resem- ! 4,l-i5 were returned for the town,
blingthe shaft and arms of an anchor; its appearance has much i Airlie (formerly Airly) is a parish about six miles west from
improved of late years. A branch Une of railway from the North i Kirriemuir, its post town, situated in the western part of the county.
Eastern section of the Caledonian Railway unites it with other , on the borders of Porthshire; its length ia about six miles, with
cities and towns, a neat and commodious station being erected at I a breadth varying from a half to four miles, bounded ou the north
the west end of the town. For a long period Kirriemuir has been by Lintratlien atid Kingoldrum, on the east by Kirriemuir and
the thriving seat of considerable manufactures, comprising about - Glamis, on the south by Eassie and Meigle, and ou the west by
twenty varieties of linen; it is celebrated for the excellent fabric o^^lyth and Ruthven, part oj the line of boundary is formed by the
of its cloth, and the ingenuity and inunstry of those employed in^-iver Isla and its tributaries, the Meigle and Dean. Within the
producing it; some idea may be formed of the importance of this parish is situated Airlie Castle, the ancient seat of the Ogilvies,
trade from the fact ttat the looms of Kirriemuir have furnished, in Earls of Airlie, and now much frequented in the summer months by
one year, upwards of one hundred thousand pieces, varying from , visitors. Small portions only of the ancient structure are preserved,
one hundred to one hundred and seventy yards, giving employment ; these being the front wall and turret with the arched portcullis,
to more than two thousand weavers. There has lately been erected ; which are now connected with the modern mansion of Airlie,
twovery large power loom factories, which addgreatly to the industry 1 Acreage of the parish, 8,923. Population in 1871, 778.
of the town. The date of tne barony of Kirriemuir ia at the present i Cortachy and Clova is a joint parish about six miles from
dayunknown,andit is only certain that the jurisdiction ofits bailie ' Kirriemuir, the post town. It is about nineteen miles long and
once extended over a large tract of country. The Countess of Homo, ■. from one mile to sis in breadth, bounded on the north by the
the heiress to the lands of the late Lord Douglas, is superioress of parishes of Locbeo and Cnithie, on the east by Tanuadice and
the burgh, and appoints the baron bailie. There is a superinten- 1 Lethnot, on the west by Crathie, and on the south by Kirriemuir,
dent of police, and a sherifi^s court is held six times a year, for the \ and embraces an area of 42,322 acres. Withiu the parish of Cortachy
recovery of small debts. The places of worship with the ministers : is Cortachy Castle, the summer residence of the Earl of Airlie.
are given at a subsequent page — they comprise uditices for the | Population in 1871, 554.
Established Church, the Free Church, United Presbyterians, Origi- 1 Kingoldrum is a parish and small village, about four miles
nal Seceders, and Episcopalians. There are live banking establish- : distant from Kirriemuir, its post town. The length of the parish
ments, branches respiictively of the British Linen Company, the is about six and a half miles, and its average breadth is nearly
City of Glasgow Bank, the National Bank of Scotland, the Union three miles. It is bounded by the parishes of Kirriemuir and Cor-
Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Scotland. There are also ' tachy on the north and east, by Airlie on the south, and by Lintra-
several respectable hotels, including a temperance hotel; also a , then on the west. Catlaw,the highest hill in the parish, rises to the
very able local paper, the "Kirriemuir Observer," edited by William | height of 2,264 feet abovethe level of the sea, from its summitone of
B. Mills, publisher. The inhabitants of this respectable little town the most extensive views in Scotland may be obtained. Acreage,
are not more notable for their iugeuious and persevering industry, ■ 9,619 ; population in 1871, 409.
than for tlieir general inteUigence and benevolence. Libraries are ; Lintrathen is a parish about twelve miles in length, and five in
also connected with the several religious ttonominations. Besi ies , breadth; it contains the hamlets of Bridgend audPiTaiuDiE. It ia
the public school, there is ^ seminary, erected and endowed from , bounded on the south by Airlie, on the west by Gleuisla, on tha
a bequest made in 1829, by Mr. John Webster, writer and banker, ' north by the Grampians, and ou the east by Kingoldrum. The
and managed by the parochial miuister and his Kirk session, with district in which the parish is situated is termed the Braes of Angus,
which there is a handsome bursary connected, educating about 40 lying between the Grampian range and the valley of Strathmore.
or 50 boys free. A little to the east of the town is the cemetery, , The loch from which the town of Dundee is supplied, adjoins tjia
situated on the sloping side of an eminence, the grounds beauti- village of Lintratlien at Bridgeud. The streams which intersect the
fully laid out and terraced, commanding a most extensive view of parish are the Melgamand the Isia, the Utter divides the parish on
the valley of Strathmore, the Sidlaw huls, and the Grampians in the west side from Gieoisla, and on which there avc two beautiful
the distance ; all uniting to form one of the most picturesque land- waterfalls, the Reeky Linn and the Slug of Achrannie, from the for-
scapes within the compass of Scottish scenery. Three miles to mer of which arose the name of Lintrathen. Acreage, 22,624; popu-
the north-east, within the boundary of the parish, over the small lation in 1871, 756.
river Carity, stands the castle of Inverquharty, a large Gothic '
POST OPnOB, KiHHiEMdR, John Stiven, Post Jtfoa/er— Letters arrive from all parts (from Forfar) at ten minutes before seven
and twenty-five minutes before ten morning, and are despatched thereto at half-past seven morning and a quarter before one noon and
half-past five evening.
Arrivals— From Cortochy and Glenprosen at half-past foup afternoon ; from Airlie at twenty minutes past four afternoon; from
Kingoldrum and Lintrathen at ten minutes before twelve morning; from Clova (through Cortachy) at half-past four afternoon.
Despatches — To Cortaoby, Airlie, and Glenprosen at twenty minutes past nine morning ; to Kingiftldrum and Lintrathen at tea
minutes before twelve morning; to Clova (through Cortachy), Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at half- past seven morning.
•^,* Letters from Airlie, Cortaoby, Clova,
NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY.
Adamson Miss Susan, East Rood
Airlie the Right Hon. the Earl of, Cortachy
Castle
Black Mr. James M, Glengate si
Boyd Rev. John, The Manae
Brand Mr. George Bell, Bank at
Chree Rev. Charles, Lintrathen
Christisou Mr. George, Roods st
Coupar Mrs. Susan, Newton place
Cowpar Mr. James, Upper Migvie
Darling James Stqrmonth, £sq. j.p. of
Lednathie
Davidson Mr. James, Old School Hoqse
Dickson Mrs. Elizabeth, High st
Doctor Mrs. Margaret Hnlmefield House
Douglas Uev. JiUiies J. St. Mary's Parsonage
Duff Rev. Alexander, Roods st
Duff Mr. James, Kingoldrum
Duke Mr. George, Meikle Mill
Forrest Jamts, Esq. J. p. High st
Geekie Peter Matthew, Esti. (factor for the
Right Hon. Earl of Airlie), Cortachy
Haldane Rev. James O. Kingoldrum
Honey Rev. John A. Clova
Kinloch Col. John Graut (oi Kilry), Logie Ho
Lawson Dlr. John, Wellbank House
Lindsay Mr. James, Newtown
Linn Rev. John Fleming, AirUe
Livingstone Rev. Alex. South Free Mftnae
ncy Order and Telegraph 0^c& and Saving$ Bank.
Kingoldrum, and Lintrathen should be addressed ^^near KiHRlEMUlE."
Lowdon Mr. Charles, Secession Manae
Lyell Leonard,Eaq.Kinnordy Ho. Kingoldrum
Lvell the Misses — , Shiel hill
M''Lcau Rev. Alex. West U.P. Manse
M'Pherson Mrs. Mary, Marywell Cottage
Malloch the Misses — , Bank st
Milne Mr. Charles John, Newton Villa
Milne Rov. George M. Cortachy
Monro Sir Thos. Bavt. lof Lindertis), Airlie
Murray Rev. John, West Townend
Ogilvy Mr. Donald, Baluaboth Ho. Cortachy
Ogilvy Miss Dorothea M. Langholme,
Cortachy
Patterson Mr. Thomas, 24 High st
Reid Rev. Thomas, Airlie
S;rae Miss Mary Ann, Rosebank Cottage
Smith Mr. Archibald, Bank st
Thomson Miss — , Lily bank
Thomson Rev. John P. North Free Manae
Watson Mr. Alexander M. Wellbank House
Watt Rev. John, Glenprosen
Watt Mr. Thomas, Wellbank
Webster Mr. James, Newtown
Webster Mr. William , Denhead [drum
Wedderburn Mrs. M'Lagan, Pearsie, Kingol-
Wilkie Mr. David, West Townend
Wilkie Duncan, Esq. J. p. of Auchlishie
Wilkie Mr. James, Bank st
Wilkie Mr. William S. View bank
Wilkie the MieseB — , Newton place
\^ orthington Geo. B. Esq. Kinnordy,Oortachy
Young Major Wm. B. Asoreavie, Kingoldrufia
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ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
Backwater School, Lintrathen — IHigs
Atkin, mistress
Board Schools:—
Reform st — Alexander Phyn, master \
Sinclair S. Gunn, assistant; Ajinie
Norrie, mistress
Rouady hill — George T. Tennant, master
Airlie — David Taylor, master
Carroch — George Burnett, master
Clova — William Black, master
Cortachy — Thomas P. Black, master
Glenprosen — Robert Marshall, master
Kingoldrum — Harriet Williamson,mistre83
Lintrathen — Wm. F. Anderson, master
Bbaes of Coul School, Lintrathen— David
Dunn, master
Episcopal School (St. Mary's), Roods— John
P. Owen, master; W. P. Owen, assistant;
Mrs. Owen, mistress
Halliburton & Robl* tho Misses — , Park View
Industrial School, Airlie (Sir Thomas
Monro, Bart, of Lindertis, patron)— Misg
Anderson, mistress
Industrial School, Lintrathen — Misa
Hislop, mistress
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