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DIRECTORY.]
Ovens Walter, Torr farm
Roddan William, Auchnabony
*Scott William, Farhills
Shennan Eobert & John, Balig
*Smith John, Bluehill
«Sproat William, Nether Hazlefield
Symington David, East Kirkcarswell
Dundrennan.
Christie Rev. Alexander Hamilton B.D
COMMERCIAL.
Copland John, artist
Copland Margt.(Mrs.), grocer & postmistress
Cuthbertson Helen (Mrs.), grocer
Edgar Agnes (Mrs.), dress maker & regis-
trar of births & deaths
Edgar William, stone mason
Huxtable James H. boot maker
Livingstone Charles, tailor
McBride Mary (Miss), keeper of Abbey
McGarva Robert, blacksmith
M'Millan William, boot maker
Mowat James, joiner
Mowat James & George, posting masters
Rae John, joiner
Rae Mary A. (Wire.), Crown &
Anchor hotel
Savings Bank (Mrs. Agnes Edgar, sec)
Smith James, Dundrennan Arms hotel
Thomson Mary (Mrs.), grocer
Tweddie William, blacksmith, Stockmoss
RKONEHOTJSE, see Keltox.
RING-FORD, see Tonglakd.
ROCKLIFFE, see Colvekd.
SHAWHEAD, see Irokgray.
SOTTTHWICK is a quoad sacra parish,
in the civil parish of Oolvend and has a
station on the Glasgow and South-Western
railway, 12J miles south-west fromDumfrles.
Southwick House is the residence of Sir
Mark John McTaggart- Stewart bart. V.D.,
M.A., M.P., D.L., J.P. The population in
1901 was 476.
Mainsriddle is within tlitts parish.
Post & T. 0. Caulkeroush, David Coupland,
sub-postmaster. Letters through Dum-
fries. Delivery, 9.25 a.m. ; dispatch,
2.45 p.m. Postal Orders are issued here,
but not paid. The nearest money order
office is at Kirkbean
Police Station, Mainsriddle, Peter McBean,
constable
Established Church, Hev. John Thomas
Patterson
Free Church, Mainsriddle, Be v. George
HQggs M.A
School, John Campbell Ferguson, master
Station, Southwick, Charles Scott, station
master
Southwick.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Mackenzie Col. Edward Phillippe.Auchens-
keoch
McKerrow Mathew Steel J.P. Boreland
McTaggart-Stewdrt Stir Mark John bart.
V.D., M.A., M.P., D.L., J.P. Southwick;
& Carlton & Athenaeum clubs, LondonS W
Patterson Rev. John Thomas (Established)
COMMERCIAL.
Coupland David, grocer, & post office,
Caulkerbush
Curling Club (J. C. Ferguson, sec)
Dickson Jn. blcksmth. & grcr. Caulkerbsh
Irvine Robert, cartwright, Bogfoot
Mollins John, miller
Seggie Hugh, blacksmith, Bogfoot
FARMERS.
Alexander John & Thomas, Newfarm
Black William. Upoer Clifton
Boyd David. Shawfoot
Cameron Robert, Millbank
Oassells William, Clonyard
Frazer Thomas, Glensone
HaliSday James, Dunmock
McCall* Mrs. Nicholas, Auchenlosh
McKerrow Matthew S. Boreland & Castle
farms
Porteus George, Ryes
Penman Frederick Wm. Drumstinchall
Pilkington Leonard, Nether Clifton
Watson William. Roundfell
Weir Francis, Hells
Mainsriddle.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Cameron Matthew M.B., CM
Higgs Rev. Geo. M.A. (Free Church)
KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE.
COMMERCIAL.
Austin Adam, tailor
Cameron Matthew M.B. & CM. surgeon &
medical officer for Southwflck, Colvend &
Kirkbean
Ferguson Jemima (Mrs.), innkeeper
Kirk Jane ("Mrs.), grocer
SPRINGHOLHC, see Urr.
TASFF, see Tongland.
TERREG-LES is a parish near the con-
fluence of the rivers Nith and Cluden end 2^
miles west of Dumfries, in the small debt
court of Kirkcudbright, occasional courtB
being held at Maxwelltown.
The abbey of Lincluden, the ruins of
which occupy an elevated and sequestered
site about a mile from Dumfries, was founded
about the middle of the 12th century by
Uchtred, eldest son of Fergus, Earl and
Lord of Galloway, for nuns of the Bene-
dictine order, and is assumed to have been
colonised from the monasteries of Clugny or
Marmoutier in France. The spot was an-
ciently known as " Tir-eglwyB " (Terra
Ecclesia) now corrupted into " Terregles,"
but the name "Lincluden" signifies the
"linn" or "pot" of the Cluden, a tribu-
tary of the Nith. In the autumn of 1174,
Uchtred, the founder, waa surprised in his
castle at Loch Fergus by his brother Gilbert,
and after being inhumanly tortured was put
to death, but his mutilated remains, accord-
ing to tradition, were interred within the
abbey. In 1296, Alianore, prioress of Lin-
cluden, did homage at Berwick-on-Tweed to
Edward I. but in the 14th centurv, Galloway
became the possession of Archibald, 3rd
Earl of Douglas, and the abbey was shortly
thereupon suppressed, the sisterhood ex-
pelled, and its endowments appropriated by
this powerful ohieftain, and the last prioress,
Blanche, is believed to have died in 1440 at
Dundrennan Abbey, where her tomb etill
remains. The Earl subsequently refounded
the institution as a college for 12 canons
and a provost, and erected new buildings,
including a fine church, and he appears also
to have liberally endowed his foundation,
afterwardB enlarged so as to consist of 8
prebendaries, 24 oedeemen and a chaplain ;
he died at Thrieve Castle, 3 Feb. 1400-1.
Archibald, his son, 2nd Earl of Douglas
and Duke of Touraine, married the Prinoess
Margaret, daughter of King Robert 111. ;
she died in 1440 and was buried with great
pomp in the collegiate church, where her
splendid tomb, though much mutilated, etill
remains. The college was eventually dis-
solved about 1565, Robert Douglas, the last
provost, being pensioned, and the seculariza-
tion of the college property was completed
by the Annexation Act of 1587. The estates
were subsequently granted to the Murrays
of Lochmaben and to the Maxwells of Car-
laverock, Earls of Nithsdale, now repre-
sented by Lord Hemes. Of the original
abbey, scarcely more than traces of its
foundations now remain, but of the colle-
giate buildings.considerable portions are still
standing, and include the church and the
sacristy and provost's lodging,which formed
part of the east side of a quadrangle ad-
joining the church on the north. The vault-
ing of the choir, entire in 1775., fell in at
the beginning of the present century, and
in 1851, a heptagonal tower, which stood
south-west of the church, also fell, and the
buildings were left to decay, until, in 1832.
Capt. Alfred Constable-Maxwell, the late
owner of the Terregle3 estate, repaired the
fabric generally at very considerable ex-
pense,and erected a cottage for the residence
of a caretaker. During the process of clear-
ing and excavating the site, various relics of
much interest were recovered, including a
portion of the panelled rood screen, with
figures, the coffin Blab of Alexander de
Carnys, provost, c. 1410-13, and others. The
splendid tomb of tho Princess Margaret,
highly enriched with carved shields of
arms and ornamental work, remains on the
north side of the choir, and during the work
of renovation the recumbent effigy which
once lay within it was recovered, though
in a much mutilated condition ; on the
south side of the choir are sedilia and a
piscina, and the interior of the church
generally iR much ornamented with heraldic
shields and carved foliage. In later days,
Lincluden was a favourite resort of the poet
Burns, and beside its ruined walls he com-
posed several of his pieces, including the
" Vision of Liberty." Terregles House is
the property of Herbert Constable Maxwell-
Stuart esq. D.L. of Scarthingwell Hall,
Tadcaster, Yorks, who is the principal
landowner, and is now (1903) occupied by
Charles Edward Galbraith esq. The soil is
TONGLAXD. 955
a light loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief
crops are oats, wheat, roots and potatoes.
The area is 3,828 acres ; rateable value :
landward, £6,0134; burghal (Maxwelltown),
£178; the population in 1891 was 478, and
in 1901, 454.
Post Office, Bow house; John Bryden, sub-
postmaster. Letters through Dumfries
arrive 6.50 a.m. ; dispatched, 4.35 p. mi
week days only. Dumfries is the nearest
money order office, 2£ miles distant.
Maxwelltown Station the nearest tele-
graph office, 2 miles distant
Post Office, New Bridge; Samuel Watson,.
sub-postmaster. Letters through Dum-
fries arrive 7.5 a.m. ; dispatched 4.30 1
p.m. week days only. Postal Orders are
issued here' & paid. Dumfries is the-
nearest money order & telegraph office,
3 miles distant
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, W. J. Maxwell
Clerk, James Robertson
Inspector of Poor, James Robertson
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages-,.
Miss Nellie A. Black
Established Church, Rev. James Stewart
SCHOOL BOARD.
'hacrman, W. J. Maxwell
Clerk, Francis Maxwell, Braehead house ?
Maxwelltown
Board School, Miss Nellie A. Black, mist
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Balmain Michael, Woodlands
Galbraith CharleB Edward, Terregles house
Home George, Nunwood
Rutherford John, Jardingtown
Maxwell William James J.P., C.C. Terre-
gles banks
Scott-Eliot Mrs. Newton
Stewart Rev. James (Estab.), The Mans©
Wallace Matthew G. Terreglestown
Young Mrs. Lincluden
COMMERCIAL.
Alexander William, Joiner, Bow house
Black Nellie A. (Miss), registrar of births,
death & marriages & schoolmistress
Bryden John, blacksmith & postmaster>
Bowhouse
Galbraith Charles Edward, hackney horse
breeder, Terregles house
Kerr John, blacksmith, New Bridge
Maxwell Robert, horse dealer, Maryholm
Maxwell William James J.P., C.C. factor to-
Lord Herries, Herbert Maxwell Stuart
esq, of Terregles, & Colonel Edward"
Philippe Mackenzie, of AuchenBkeoch &
Craigs, Terregles bank
Robertson James, inspector of poor & clenk
to parish council
Scott James, mliller, Glen mill
Teenan Robert, horse dealer, Halmyre
Watson Saml. tailor, & post off. NewBridge-
FARMERS.
Calrd David, Belton hill
Callander Samuel, Cluny
Cameron James, Lincluden mains
Clark Robert, Calloohan
Clenachan William, Brae Croft
Corrie John, Aikfie Bush
Coupland Thomas & Maxwell, Seeside-
Douglas Mrs Jane, Cleughbrae
Douglas William, Maryfield
Jardine Samuel, Lincluden cottage
Johnstone Thomas J.P. Waterside
Kerr David, New Bridge
M'Call Samuel, College Mains
M Keachie David, Barn hill
M'William James & Misses Agnes &. Mary,
Hnrthorn & Brae Head
M' William Thomas, KGrkland & Halmyre
Maxwell Robert, Maryholm
Maxwell Thomas, Mains Head
Millar Robert, Waterhead
Paterson Mrs. Jane, Lochside
Rutherford John, Jardingtown
Wallace Matthew G. Terreglestown
TONGLAND (or Tongueland) is a<
parish about 7 miles long and 4 broad, the
Tarfi water flowing through the western^
part of the parish, which is bounded on the
east by the river Dee and is in the poor
combination and stewartry of Kirkcudbright
and 3 miles north from Kirkcudbright, with
a station at Tarff (for Twynholm), on the
Kirkcudbright branch of the Glasgow and 1
South- Western railway. The parish church,
erected in 1814, seats 420 persons, and there
is also a United Free church, erected in.
1844, with 300 sittings, and a public schooL
Horatio G. Murray- Stewart esq. D.L.,.
J.P. of Cally, the trustees of W. N. Neil-