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DIRECTORY.]
COMMERCIAL.
Adam William, schoolmaster & secretary ot
Stow reading & news room
Aitchison John, slater
Anderson Alexander, butcher
Bell & Murray, drapers
Eurrell Samuel, dairyman
iCarruthers Peter J. inspector of the poor &
collector of rates, registrar of births,
deaths & marriages, clerk to Pariah
Council, cleric & treasurer to school
board & heritors clerk to the parish of
Stow
Dickie Andrew, baker
Dickson John, miller
'•Pair grieve Thomas, engineer & millwright
Haig Adam, baker
'Hall John, grocer & general dealer
Hope & Co. tailors <fc clothiers
Johnston William, tailor
Kirkwood James, grocer
Literary TnstitutefWilliam Brown, librarian)
Lothian Thomas, boot maker
Mercer Walter & Son, woollen manufactur-
ers, Stow mills
"Middleton James M.D., L.R.C.S.Edin. sur-
geon, parochial medical & public vac-
cinator for Stow, and certifying factory
surgeon, Manor Head house
Mill Thomas, livery stable proprietor
Miller Thomas, joiner
Mitchell Isabella (Miss), dress maker
Mitchell Thomas, blacksmith
Ovens George, grocer & spirit dealer &
patent medicine vendor
Paton Ann (Mrs.1. vintner
Police Station (Forbes Wedderburn, con-
stable), Stow
3?axton Robert, 6addler
Ramage James, tailor
Reading & News Room (William Adam,
sec), Town hall
'Russell's Hotel (commercial &
family); comfortable accom-
modation ; posting in all its
branches (John Russell, propr )
Rutherford & Co. undertakers
Rutherford James, joiner
Ruthven Baillie, plumber & slater
Sanderson Robert & Son, booksellers &
printers, Post office
Sanderson Robert, grocer & patent medi-
cine vendor
Sandilands Thomas, blacksmith, Caitha
Shiels Alexander W. draper
Sked Alexander, grocer, Plenploth
Spence George, .stone mason & builder
Stow Bowling Club (Jas. W. Sanderson, sec)
Stow Gas Works (John Cairns, sec. ; A. J.
L. Tait, maoagerl
'Thomson James, millwright
EDINBURGHSHIRE.
Town Hall (William Brown, hall keeper)
Walker John, joiner, Caitha
Weir Bros, butchers
White Andrew, woollen manufacturer, Mill-
bank factory; T A " White, Stow "
White William, coal agent
Wilson Elizabeth. & Alice Jane (Misses),
dress makers
Wilson Christiana (Mrs.), coal agent
Wilson John, blacksmith
FARMERS.
Marked thus * should be addressed Heriot
S.O. Midlothian.
Alston James, Crosslee
Archibald John Adam.Overshiels & Nether-
shiels
#Bennett Jn. Crookston Nth. Mains, Heriot
Blake Adam, Clinto, Fountainhall
Brodie Matthew, Cortleferry, Fountainhall
Frier Mrs. Christiana. Cathpair
*Helm Thomas &, James, Halltree
Hunter Walter, Bowshank
Leadbetter Thomas, Burnhouse Marina
Lumsden John R. Fountainhall
Milroy Jane A. C. Torsonce
Pate Thomas, Windydoors
Paterson Richard, Little Cathpair
Pringle David J.P.(ofTorquhan),Mitchelston
Sanderson Alexander (exors.of), Symington
Sanderson Mrs. Andrew, Weatherstone
Shiells James. Muirhousw
Smart Mrs. Margaret, Bow
Stedman James, jun. , Middletown, Foun-
tainhall
Thin John, Ferniehurst
Thorburn David, Brockhouse & Pirntaton,
Fountainhall
White James, Stagehall
White Samuel, Lugate
Wilson Mrs. Ann, Craigend
Fountain Hall.
Dick John, blacksmith
Lumsden William, joiner
Thomson Catherine (Miss), grocer, & post
office
STRAITON, see Liberton.
TEMPLE is a parish and village, in Dal-
keith poor combination and small debt
court district; the parish is bounded on the
east by Borthwlck, on the south by Heriot,
on the west by Edleston and Penicuick, and
on the north by Carrington. The village,
situated on rising ground on the banks of
the Gladhouse water, which falls into the
South Esk, is about 10 miles south from
Edinburgh and 3 miles from Gorebridge
(the nearest) station on the North British
railway. The land is chiefly hilly, but con-
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tains a good deal of moor and pasture land.
The old church, an edifice in the Gothic
style and now in ruins, was founded by
King David I. for the Knights Templars";
the new church, also in the Gothic style,
was built in 1830. Sir Robert Dundas bart.
of Arniston House, is the principal land-
owner. The area comprises 13,633 acres;
rateable value, £10,923 ; the population
in 1891 was 1,646, reduced by the transfer
of 1,191 persona to Borthwick parish, to
â– 155, and in 1901, 385.
Post Office, John Currie, sub-postmaster.
Letters received through G'H'ebridgp
R.S.O. Midlothian. Delivery, 9 a.m.;
dispatch, 2.15 p.m. Postal 0rder3 are
issued here & paid. Gorebridge, 4 miles
distant, is the nearest money order &
telegraph office
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Col. Dundas
Clerk & Inspector of Poor, Robert Stod-
dard, Gorebridge
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
James Low
Established Churcb.Rev.James W.BlikeM.A
United Free Church, Rev. William Barclay
School Board, Temple, James Low, clerk ^
treasurer
Schools : —
Temple, James Low, master
Toxside, Mrs. S. Cook, mistress
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Barclay Rev. William (U. F. C.),The Manse
Blake Rev. James W., M.A. (Established),
The Manse
COMMERCIAL.
Cochrane James, contractor
Currie John, grocer & postmaster
Halliday John, grocer
Low James, registrar of births, deaths &
marriages, & clerk & treasurer to school
board
Mitchell & Co. lime burners, Esperston
FARMERS.
Graham Thomas, Fountainside
Haig Robert, Braidwood
Hunter James, Cauldhall
Kerr John, Yorkstone
Lawrie Thomas, Esperton
Morham Alexander, Moorfoot & Mauds-
lie farms
Murray William, Outerston
Pringle William, Temple farm
UPPER LIBERTON, see Liberton.
WILKIESTON, see Kirknewton.
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