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DIRECTORY.]
ADVIE is a village in the civil parish of
Cromdale, but has been formed into a
separate ecclesiastical parish; it is in the
poor combination of Nairn, 9 miles north-
east from Granton, 21 south-east of Nairn
and 18 aouth-.by-west of Elgin, and has a
station on the Craigellachie and Boat of
Garten branch of the Great North of Scot-
land railway. It has an Established church
and a Board school, and also a public li-
brary. The population of the ecclesiasti-
cal parish in 1901 was 321.
Post & T. 0. (Railway Sub-Office. Letters
should have R.S.O. Morayshire added
to them); Mrs. Janet S. Allen, sub-
postmistress. Delivery, 10.30 & 11.20
a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; dispatch, 9.50 & 10.55
a.m. & 3.40 from April until October &
7.5 p.m. Postal Orders are issued &
paid. Money order office is at Ballindal-
loch, 3 miles distant
Established Church, Rev. Jn. Liddell B.D
Board School, William T. Norval M.A. mast
Railway Station (Great North of Scotland),
James Mann, station master
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Fraser Rev. Robert, Fern bank
Grant John J.P. Mains of Advie
Liddell Rev. John B.D. (E=tBab.), The Manse
Ross John, Rose villa
Sassoon Arthur P. Tulchan lodge
COMMERCIAL.
Advie Public Library (Henry G. Macpher-
son, sec)
Allan Janet S. (Mrs.), grocer & general
dealer, & post office
Dean John, miller
Garrow James, miller
Grant John, wool merchant, Enoc :anbuie
MKenzie Duncan, coal merchant
Shaw John, blacksmith & coal merchant
FAHMERS.
Dean James, Achvochkie
Garrow James, Knocktulchan
Grant Alexander, Culdrein
Grant Donald G. Dalvey
Grant John, Advie mains
Grant John, Bogg & Daleigh
Grant John, Garvault
Grant John, Knockanbuie
Grant Lewis, Culofich
M'Donald John. Tormore
M'Kenzie Duncan, Newton
ALVES is a small parish, lying to the west
of Elgin, in the Morayshire poor combination
and Elgin small debt court district; it is
irregular in form, 5 miles north, to 6outh
and the same at its greatest width, narrow-
ing to a point in the south, and has a
station on the Forres and Keith branch of
the Highland railway. The church is 7
miles west of Elgin and the station about
half a mile further to the south-west.
There are Established and United Free
churches and one school. The country is
devoid of hills. The industry is mainly
agriculture. John William Brodie Innes,
oE Milton Brodie, Col. Frederick Prescott
Forteath, of Newton, and George Ross
Mackessack, of Ardgye, are the principal
landowners. The area of the parish com-
prises 9,404 acres; rateable value, £7,279;
population in 1901, 1,025, against 1,096
in 1891.
ELGINSHIRE,
Post & T. O. ; Thomas G. Moir, sub-post-
master. Letters through Forres. De-
liveries, 7.45 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.; dis-
patches, 6.45 a.m. & 8.20 p.m. Postal
Orders are issued & paid here. The
nearest money order office is at Elgin
PABISH COUNCIL.
Inspector, Collector & Registrar of Births,
Deaths & Marriages, Bobert Stronach
Medical Officer, John Taylor M.D., CM. 9
North street, Elgin
Volunteers.
3rd (Morayshire) Volunteer Battalion, Sea-
forth Highlanders (L Co.), Capt. A. T.
Cook
Established Church.Rev. William Hamilton;
service, 12 o'clock
United Free Church, Bev. Duncan Colvin;
service, 12 o'clock
Railway Station (Highland railway), Thos.
Pullard, station master
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Brodie-Innes John W. Milton Brodie
Colvin Bev. Duncan, United Free Church
manse
Forteath CoLPrederick Prescott J.P. Newton
Fraser John, Cloves
Hamilton Rev. Wm. (Estab.), The Manse
Hay James J.P. Monaughty
Hopkinson James, Monaughty
Mackessack George R. Ardgye
Rose William Mitchell J.P. Toreduff
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson William, tailor & clothier
Cheyne James D., M.A. schoolmaster
Fraser Alexander, blacksmith, New mill
Geddes G. quarry owner, Newton
Grant William, carpenter, Coltfield
Junor James, blacksmith
M'Gregor Daniel, baker, confectioner &
grocer, Crook of Alves
Moir Thomas G. boot & shoe maker
Post office
Munro Bobert, blacksmith
Paul John, shopkeeper
Beid Alexander, quarry owner, Millstone
Scott Alexander, carpenter
Scott Margaret (Mrs.), grocer
Simpson Francis, blacksmith
Stronach Bobert, carpenter, inspector & rate
collector & registrar of births &c. Crook
of Alves
Sutor Alexander, tailor
FARMEES.
Adam Walter, Sweethilloch
Anderson William, Ordies
Anderson William, Wester Coltfield
Brown James, Milton hill
Davidson John, Dykeside
Falconer James, North West Alves
Forsyth Robert, Claydales
Fraser Donald, Upper Hempriggs
Fraser John, Cloves
Fraser William, Cloves
Grant Andrew, Kirkton of Alves
Grant Helen (Mrs.), Wester Alves
Gray John, Whitehill
Gray William, Lower Hempriggs
Hav James, Monaughty
Hav Thomas, Rheeves
Leitch Andrew Burrell, Inchstellie
M'Donald William, CarseweU
Mcintosh John, Old Castle of Asleish
Mackay Alexander, Wards
BURGHEAD. 5G5
Mackessack Charles, Wester Alves
Mackenzie William, Newton
Mackessack George R. Ardgye
Masson John, Morayscairn
Robertson John, Brodies hill
Rose William M. Toreduff
Ross Simon P. F. Easter Coltfield
Royan Robert, New Alves
Scott Archibald, Gateside
Souter James, Ryeyards
Souter John, Pendicle, Wester Alves
Taylor William, Lachlanwells
Taylor James, Wards
ARCHIESTOWN, see Knockasdo.
BALMENACH, see CROMDALE.
BELLIE, see FOCHABERS.
BIRNIE is a parish immediately south of
the town of Elgin, from which the church,
situated in the north of the parish, is 3 miles
distant; the parish, which is in the Moray-
shire poor combination and the Elgin small
debt court district, is 6 miles north to south
by 3 wide. The nearest railway station is
at Elgin, on the Highland railway. The
Established church, built in 1135, is
supposed to be the oldest in Scotland :
there is also a Mission hall and a school.
The Dowager Countess of Seafield, of
Castle Grant, is the chief landowner. The
area of the parish comprises 6,777 acres ;
rateable value, £3,392 ; population in 1901,
356. The chief industry is agriculture.
Letters are received from Elgin
PARISH COUNCIL, 5 MEMBERS.
Chairman, John G. Smith, Elgin
Inspector & Collector, William Morrison,
Hillhead
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Alexander Murray M.A., F.E.I. S
Established Church, Rev. John Kennedy
M.A. ; 12 o'clock
Mission Hall, Thomshill. Birnie
Board School, Birnie, Alexander Murray
M.A., F.E.I.S. master; for 140 children;
average attendance, 92
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Kennedy Rev. Jn. M.A. (Estab.),The Manse
Mackenzie William J. Stank house
COMMERCIAL.
Christie Isabella (Miss), grocer, Thomshill
Glenlossie Distillery Co. Limited
Hendrie John, manager Glenlossie distillery
Jones James, excise officer, Glenlossie
Morrison William, inspector of poor.Hillhead
Murray Alexander M.A., F.E.I.S. school-
master & registrar
Robertson Alexander, blacksmith.Thomshill
FARMERS.
Allan William, South Castlehill & Level
Cameron Alexander, Raschcrook
Cruickshank William, Shogle
Dean John, Middleton
Geils George, Glenlatterach
Grant Charles M. Bardon
Grant John, Blairnhall
Macdonald Donald, Trochail
Mackenzie William J. Stank house
Morrison William, Hillhead & Dykeside
Proctor William, Wardend
Rhind Robert (reps, of), Hanging folds
BISHOPMILL, see NEW Sptnie.
BURGHEAD,
DUFFUS PARISH, HOPEMAN, CUMMINGSTON, NEW DUFFUS AND EOSEISLE.
BURGHEAD is a police burgh, situated on
a bold headland jutting out into the Moray
Frith, in the parish of Dulfus, 9 miles west
from Elgin and about 10 north-east from
Forres, in the Morayshire poor combination
and Elgin small debt court district, and has
a station on the Alves and Hopeman branch
of the Highland railway. It was con-
stituted a burgh in 1895 under the Burgh
Police of Scotland Acts, 1892-93. It
possesses a pier and a safe and commodious
harbour, well protected from the north and
east winds; at high water steam or other
vessels may enter with perfect safety.
Burghead was anciently a Roman as well
as a Danish station; the remains of a fort
are still visible, and there is a well dug
out of the solid rock, known by the name.
of " The Roman Well." The inhabitants
are chiefly employed in fishing, but a
good many find employment in the chemi-
cal works. There is a coasting trade for
the supply of the neighbourhood. In 1901
the population was 1,671, against 1,428 in
1881, and the inhabited houses numbered
318
DufEus parish extends along the shore of
the Moray Frith to the north of Elgin, from
which the church is about 5 miles distant.
Hopeman railway station is 2 miles from the
village. The parish is about 9^ miles in
length, by about 4 in breadth, and in-
cludes beside Burghead, the villages of
Cummingston, Hopeman, New DufEus and
Roseisle. It is a fiat district, chiefly agri-
cultural. Dnffus House is the seat of Sir
Archibald Hamilton-Dunbar bari. D.L.,
J.P. and Gordonstown House the seat of
Sir William G. Gordon-Cumming bart. Sir
Archibald Hamilton-Dunbar bart. Sir
William Gordon-Cumming bart. George Ross
Mackessack, of Ardgye, and Ed. Mortimer,
of Inverugie, are the principal landowners.
The area of DufEus parish is 9,560 acres;
rateable value, £15,096; population in 1901,
4,065, of which 1,559 are in the burgh. Area
of burgh 387 acres. The population of the
village in 1901 was 1,531, and of the ec-
clesiastical parish, 2,125. In the parish.
close to New DufEus, is an Established
church, connected with which is a chapel
of ease at Burghead. where there are two
United Free churches, and a public school.
Cummingston is a small village, situated
on the road midway 'between Burgheal and
Hopeman, and almost without any trade.
There is a station here on the Alves and
Hopeman branch of the Hiphland railway.
Hopeman is a village, situated 2 miles east
of Burghead, on the coast of the Moray
Firth, with a neat harbour, which in 1888
was greatly improved, but the shipping of
the nort is not extensive. It is a rising
bathing place and the terminus of the
branch line from Aires, on the Highland
railway, being the centre of the parish of