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DIRECTORY.]
bounded on the west by the river Spey, and
exi*nds about 5 miles from north
to south and 3 from eaat to vest; it
is in the Morayshire poor combination. The
Dike of Richmond and Gordon K.G., P.C.
and the Countess of Seafield, of Cullen
House, are the principal landowners. The
area of the entire parish comprises 12,927
acres ; rateable value, £9,556 ; the popu-
lation in 1901 was 2,102.
Post, T.. M. 0., T. M. 0., E. D. & P. P. &
A. & I. O; Fochabers; Henry R. Levay,
â– ooetmaster. Deliveries, 8 & 11.55 a.m. &
5.35 & 6.45 p.m.; dispatches, 7.5 & 9.30
a.m. & 1.50, 4.20 & 5.25 p.m.; sunday,
9.10 a.m
Wall Letter Bos, Mosstodloch, cleared 8.45
a.m.; sunday, 8.30 a.m
PARISH COUNCIL, Bellle.
^Chairman, David J. Cunningham esq
Clerk &. Collector, Gordon C. Chrystie
Registrar of Births, DeathB &. Marriages
for Parish of Bellie, Henry R. Levay,
Fochabers
Medical Officer, Samuel Craik Ironside
M.B.. CM. & John R. Askew L.R.C.P.,
, L.R.C.S.Edin
Baths, John Douglas, manager
Milne's Institution, Joseph Wiseman,
treasurer; Charles Gray, sec
Police Station, Fochabers, David Leslie.
officer in charge
Reading Room & Library, John Tully, sec
Temperance Hall, Peter McKenzie, eec
VOLUNTEERS.
3rd (Morayshire) Volunteer Battalion, Sea-
forth Highlanders (E Company), Capt.
William C. Reid ; Sergeant Macdonald,
â– drill instructor
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Fochabers, Rev.
Robert Venters M.A, ; services, 11.30
a.m. & 6 p.m.
United Free Church, Fochabers, Rev. Jas.
Gray M.A. ; services, 11.30 a.m. & 6
p.m
Episcopalian Church, Fochabers, Rev.
Dawnay J. C. Swinny M.A.Camb. ; ser-
vices, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m
Soman Catholic Church, Fochabers, Rev.
Canon Peter J. Weir; 11 a.m
SCHOOL BOARD, Bellle.
Chairman, George Muirhead
Clerk <fe Treasurer, Charles Gray
Officer, John McLean
Board School: —
Bellie, for 150 children; average attend-
ance, 118; A. J. Adams M.A
CONVEYANCE BT RAILWAY,
On the Highland line.
Station, Fochabers Town, Alexander Mac-
gillivray, station master
On the Great North of Scotland line.
Fochabers on Spey, John Aitken, stn. mstr
Fochabers.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Richmond & Gordon His Grace the Duke of
K.G.. P.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Banff, &
FORRES is a royal burgh, in Morayshire
poor combination, the bead of a Fmall debt
court district, capital of the parish of its
name and the seat of a presbytery; 201
miles north-by-west from Edinburgh by
way of Aberdeen, 165 by way of Brechin and
Huntly, 75 north-west of Aberdeen, 27
north-east of Inverness, 21 west of Focha-
bers, 20 east of Fort George, 12 west of
Elgin and 11 east of Nairn, with a station
on the Highland railway. It is a neatly-
built, clean town, and stands on rising
' ground ; at a distance of about 5 miles is the
village of Findhorn, which is its seaport.
Forres is noted for one of the most remark-
able stone obelisks of ancient date in Brit-
ain ; this interesting object stands at the
east end of the town, and is supposed to
commemorate a pacification concluded here
between Malcolm II. and Sweno, a Danish
invader, about the beginning of the 11th
century; it is an enormous plab of grey
stone, upwards of 20 feet In height, tup-
ported by a socket which conceals at least
three feet more,and the shape resembles that
of a very long wedge, or, as> come fanci-
ELGINSHIRE.
Chancellor of the University of Aber-
deen), Gordon castle; & Goodwood park,
Chichester, Sussex; 49 Belorave square,
& Carlton & Travellers' clubs.London SW
Askew John R. Castle street
Bailey John Hunter C.C. Braes
Cantley Mrs. Maxwell lane
Cunningham David J., J. P. The Square
Cusbney Misses, Westmoreland street
Gray Rev. James M.A., U.F.C. Manse
Gray Chas. J. P. Town & County Bank house
Ironside Samuel Craik M.B.
Levay Henry R,, J. P. Union Bank honee
Muirhead George J. P. Speybank
Reid Mrs. East Neuk
Roedemer Mrs. South row
Russell Miss, The Studio
Swinny Rev. Dawnay J. C, M.A. (Epis^
copalian), The Parsonage
Thomson John William M.A., M.B., J.P
West End house
Venters Rev. Robert M.A. (Established)
The Manse
Weir Very Rev. Canon Peter J. Roman
Catholic chapel
Whar ton-Duff Miss, Orton house
Wishart William M.A., B.Sc. Milne's In-
stitution
Wiseman Joseph, South row
COMMERCIAL
Andrew John, clerk of works to his Grace
the Duke of Richmond & Gordon K.G.
Estate office
Askew John R., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin.
surgeon & medical officer to Fochabers
district of Bellie Parish Council, Castle st
Bain Duncan, Gordon Arms
Baths (John Douglas, manager)
Baxter George & Sons, grocers, booksellers
& stationers
Bonnyman James, boot & shoe maker
Bruce Robert, miller, Tynet
Cattanach John, blacksmith, Dipple
Christie William, nurseryman
Chrystie Gordon O. insurance ogent& clerk
& collector to the Parish Council
Cunningham David J., J.P. factor to His
Grace the Duke of Richmond & Gordon,
Estates office
Cuthbert William, head gamekeeper
Duncan Charles, plasterer
Duncan John, blacksmith
Edgar James, Gordon Arms hotel
Garden William, coach builder
Gas Light Co. (Henry R. Levay, sec;
William Mann, manager)
Gilmour Andrew, saddler
Glass Alex. & Son, carpenters & wrights
Gordon Jane (Mrs.), boot & shoe maker
Grant John, butcher
Grant Maggie (Mrs.), grocer & dress maker
Gray CharleB J.P. insurance agent, iron-
monger, clerk & treasurer to school
board, & agent Town & County Bank
Limited, stationer
Gray James, cabinet ma. & house furnisher
Henderson Alexander, slater
Hunter John Alexander, watch maker
Innes R. & J. tailors & clothiers
Insch Jane Sarah (Mrs. ), refreshment
rooms, The Square
Ironside Samuel Craik M.B., CM., Ab.
physician & surgeon, parochial medi-
cal officer for Bellie & Speymouth & cer-
tifying factory surgeon
Legg William, stone & marble mason
Levay Henry R. agent ; North British &
Mercantile, Scottish Employers', Scottish
FORRES.
fully describe it, a highland broad-sword;
the figures upon the obelisk, which are pre-
sumed to represent a battle und subsequent
treaty, are wonderfully distinct, considering
that they must have withstood the assaults
of wind and weather during the last eight
centuries. At the western extremity of the
town, on an eminence, once stood a castle,
wherein Duffus, one of the early Kings of
Scotland, was perfidiously killed by Donald,
governor of the fortress, which eireum-
etance, it is said, Shakespeare has made use
of in his dramatic version of the murder of
King Duncan by Macbeth: and it was on
the waste in the neighbourhood that that
hero, along with Banquo (according to the
old historians) met the " weird sisters."
who gave him so many fatal promises. The
exact spot on which that meeting is asserted
by the country people to have taken place
is marked by a small clump of trees, about
200 yards north from the post road between
Forres and Nairn, near the toll bar, 5 miles
from the former of these places, 1£ miles
from Brodie station and nearly on the con-
fines, of the two counties of Moray and
FORRES.
579
Accident, Norwich Union (life) & Horse
Insurance Co. ; sec. for Gas Light Co. &
registrar of births, deaths & marriages, &
postmaster, Union Bank
Lapp George, druggist, fishing tackle dealer
& stationer
Lipp James, draper
Lipp John, jun. grocer
Maodonald Andrew, Prudential Insurance
agent, Gordon lane
Macdonald Sergt. drill instructor E Co. 3rd
(Morayshire) Vol. Batt. Seaforth High-
landers
McEwan Peter, baker
M'Kenxie John, carpenter & wright
McLoud Alexander, beer retailer
K*ilne's Institution (Joseph Wiseman,
treasurer; Charles Gray, sec)
Milne Andrew, tailor, draper & grocer
Mitchell Alexander, tailor
Muirhead George -F.R.S.E., commissioner
for His Grace the Duke of Richmond &
Gordon K.G. Estate office
Murray William, baker, Westmoreland at
Nicol Peter, baker & confectioner
Paterson Adam, tailor, Wellheads
Rae Thomas, overseer of salmon fishings,
Tugnet
Reading Room & Library (John Tully, sec)
Robertson Alex, ground officer to His Grace
the Duke of Richmond &. Gordon, K.G.
Ross Andrew, boot & shoe dealer
Russell Isabella (Miss), artist, The Studio
Shand Francis, blacksmith. Boghead
Temperance Hall (Peter McKenzie, sec)
Thomson William, miller, insurance agent,
who. grocer & general dealer.Tynet mills
Town & County Bank Limited (branch)
(Charles Gray, agent); draw on London
Joint Stock Bank Ltd. London E C
Tally Thomas, carpntr. wright & undertaker
Union Bank of Scotland Limited (branch)
(Henry R. Levay, agents â–  draw on Lon-
don office, 63 Cornhftll E C & Bank of
England E C, London
Webster Chas. head gardener to His Grace
the Duke of Richmond & Gordon, K.G.
Wiseman John, grocer
Bellie-
Brownie Rev. Alexander M.A. schoolmaster
Smith Robert, miller, Culriach
FARMERS IN BELLIE PARISH.
Bailey John Hunter, Braes
Bruce David Cowie, Byres
Bruce James C. Lower Mill of Tynet
Chapman Alex. Cowiemuir
Christie George, Ryeriggs
Dawson William, manager, Home farm, Gor-
don castle, Fochabers
Garden Alexander, Wellheads
Geddes Alexander, Upper Dallachy
Geddes John (reps, of), Sauchswell
Geddes William, Nether Auchinreath
Gordon Miss, Longhow
M'Donnell James, Tulloch
M'Kay James, Nether Dallachy
Mackenzie William, Upper Auchinreath .
Michie Charles, Baffin & Braewynor
Murray Peter, Pathside
Petrie William, Nether Auchenreath
Paterson John, Floods
Paterson John, Wellheads
Robertson Alexander, Aucbinhalrig
Smith Mrs. Nether Auchenreath
Stewart A. L. Upper Dallachy y
Weir John, Chapelford
Young George, Dryburn 4 ,. i
Nanm. The country has now been broughb
under cultivation and can no longer be de-
scribed as a rugged heath. On the castle
eminence is a granite obelisk to the memory
of Dr. Thomson, who sacrificed his life by
over exertion in his attention to the wounded
Russians after the famous battle of Alma.
Upon an eminence to the south-nas-t of the
town stands a tower, erected by the inhabit-
ants of Forres In honour of Lord Nelson,
the walk to which, as it winds round the
hill, is extremely pleasant; from its eleva-
ted situation, a fine view is hence obtained,
and the tower is conspicuous for a
considerable distance. Sloping to the
north, where the river Findhorn sweeps
round from the south-west through tne
Forest of Darnaway, is a modern mansion,
the seat of the Earl of Moray; ndjoining it
is the old Casf.e of Darnaway, in which is a
fine hall, built by Earl Randolph, regent, of
Scotland during the minority of David
Bruce, and capable of holding 1,000 men
under arms. Here Mary Queen of Scots
held her court in I5G6. Altyre is the
residence of Sir William G. Gordon-Cum-
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