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1354 AIRTH.
AIRTH is a parish in the small debt
court district of Falkirk, about 6 miles in
length by about 1J to 3 in breadth. The
ancient village stands on the banks of the
Forth, nearly opposite to Kennetpans, and
has a station, 2 miles east, on the Larbert
and Alloa branch of the Caledonian railway,
and is 27 miles weBt from Edinburgh,
between 8 and 9 south-wesb from Stirling
and 6 north-west from Falkirk. It was at
one period a place of considerable import-
ance, but is now greatly decayed. The Pow
burn, a tributary of the Forth, runs through
the centre of the parish. There are three
small ports or harbours on the Forth, into
which vessels of light burthen can enter,
and two ferries across that estuary, at
which are boats for the transport of cattle,
carriages &c. to Alloa and other places
on the Fife side. The salmon fishery is
prosecuted here with considerable success.
In the parish is an ancient tower,
of very early date, called " "Wallace's
Tower," from the circumstance of that
hero having privily entered the building,
slain the captain and one hundred men,
and released his uncle who was a prisoner ;
the tower is still in tolerable preservation.
At Dunmore is another tower, and at Dun-
more Hill, at least half a mile from the
present course of the river, an anchor was
found some years since. This place, in
1633, conferred the title of Earl on the
Grahams, Earls of Monteith ; it became
extinct in the male line on the death of
the 2nd Earl, in 1694, but the Earldom of
Menteith has several times been claimed,
though unsuccessfully. Airth Castle, the
property of the Misses Graham, but now
(1903) occupied by Robert McLaren esq.
is an elegant mansion in trie Gothic style,
standing in a park about one mile long by
naif a mile wide. Powfoulis, the seat of
Miss Dawson, is also in this parish. Dun-
more Park, about one mile long by half a
mite wide, ia the seat of the Hon. Mrs.
Henrietta Hamilton. Miss Dawson, George
Sherriff esq. of Carronvale, The Carron
Co. , G. W. Stainton esq. of Belsdyke,
C. E. Walker Ogilvie esq. of Pocknave and
the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton are the principal
landowners. The whole parish, with the
exception of the hills of Airth and Dun-
more, is a level tract, and the soil rich
and well cultivated. Acreage of parish;
5,561; rateable value, £12,061; population
in 1891, 1,325, in 1901, 1,360, of which
the village contained 558.
Post, M. 0. & T. O., T. M. 0., E. D.,
P. P., S. B. & A. & I. 0. Airth; Miss
Isabella MacPherson, postmistress.
Letters through Larbert. Delivery, 9
a.m. : dispatch, 2.10 p.m
Post Office, Airth Eoad station ; James
White, postmaster. Letters through Lar-
bert. Delivery, 8 a.m. ; dispatch, 4
p.m. Postal Orders are issued & paid
here. Airth is the nearest money order
& telegraph office, 1 mile distant
Post & T. 0. Dunmore ; Miss Agnes
M'Lellon, postmistress. Letters through
Larbert. Delivery, 9.45 a.m. ; dispatch,
1.50 p.m. Postal Orders are issued &
paid here. The nearest money order
office is at Airth
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, William S. Malcolm
Clerk, Alexander Bow
Medical Officer, Henry Scott Cribbes
L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. Bellsdyke
Police Station, William Hepburn, constable
in charge
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Airth, Alexander Eow
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, Rev. James Millar
Clerk. William Stevenson, 2 Bank street,
Falkirk
Board Schools : —
Airth, William M. Bowden
Dunmore, Miss Lena V. Livingstone, mist
Established Church, Rev. Fredk. Hendry
Episcopal Church, Dunmore (St.Andrew's),
Rev. Walter Folliott Scott M.A.Oxon
United Free Church, Rev. James Millar
Railway Station, Airth road, James White,
station master
CONVEYANCE BX WATER.
Steamers from Leith pier & Stirling call at
Dunmore every tide during the summer
months
STIELINGSHIEE.
Airth,
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Brodie Mrs. Powfoulis
Burn-Murdoch Mrs. Neuk
Callendar Mrs. Viewforth villa
Cribbes Henry Scott, Bellsdyke
Dawson Miss, Powfoulis
Hendry Rev. Fredk. (Estab.), The Manse
McLaren Robert, Airth castle
Millar Rev. James (United Free), Manse
COMMERCIAL.
Aiston Thomas, boot & shoe maker
Armstrong Adam, boot maker
Begg Walter, carting contractor
Bell Duncan, spirit dealer, Higgihsneuk
Bow Alexander, registrar of births, deaths
& marriages & inspector of poor & clerk
to Parish Council
Bowden WHliam M. schoolmaster
Brewster James, spirit dealer
Brown James S. ioiner '
Cribbes Henry Scott L.R.C.P. & S.Edin.
surgeon & parochial medical officer,
Bellsdyke
Gourlay Alexander, grocer & spirit dealer
Gray Thos. manure mer. Haughs of Airth
Hall John, cycle agent
Hutton Ann (Mrs.), grocer
Kennedy Robert, blacksmith, Halls of Airth
McDonald Barbara (Mrs.), spirit dealer
MacPherson Isabella (Miss), post mistress
Martin James, joiner, Halls of Airth
Mitchell Archibald & William, butchers
Mitchell Isabella (Mrs.), spirit dealer
Mitchell James, dairyman
Moyes, Murray & Co. coal proprietors, Dun-
more colliery (postal address, Bannock-
burn)
Stevenson James, quarry owner, Dunmore
quarry (postal address, Bannqckburn)
Turnbull James, joiner
Walker Mary (Miss), grocer & baker
White James, coal merchant, station master
& post office, Airth Road station
FARMERS.
Alston Andrew, Brackenlees
Anderson William, Mains
Ballantine Alexander, Longdyke
Bell Duncan, Higginaneuk
Boyd Mrs. Janet, South greens
Boyd Robert A. Westfield
Chalmers Robert, Eastfleld
Clark John, Pocknave
Dunn James, Southfield
Gilchrist William, North Bellsdyke
Graham Robert, Airth mill
Gray James, Kersie mains
Gray Thomas, Haughs of Airth
Innes William, Powfoulis Home farm
McGregor William, Bellsdyke
Malcolm William T. Dunmore Home farm
Mitchell Archibald, Waterslap
Mitchell Pctpr, Bridge end
Paul David, Halls of Airth
Paul David, South Kersie
Scott Alexander, North greens
Sim Thomas, Lochs of Airth
Taylor Alexander, South Longdyke
Turnbull James, Linkfield
Dunmore.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Forbes Alexander, Dunmore villa, Airth rd
Hamilton Hon. Mrs. Henrietta,Dunmore pk
Harman James
Ross Aitken, Dunmore
Scott Rev. Walter Folliott M.A. (Epis.),
The Parsonage »
COMMERCIAL.
Livingstone Lena V. (Miss), school mistrss
McCall Thomas, land steward to Hon. Mrs.
Hamilton
McLellan Agnes (Miss), postmistress
Primrose James, stone mason
SOUTH ALLOA is a village and Sea-
port in the parish of Airth, on the south
bank of the Forth, opposite to Alloa, in the
county oi Stirling; there is a ferry across
the river, and a branch of the Caledonian
railway to this place from Larbert.
Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. South Alloa; Miss
Elizabeth Dunlop, oostmistress. Lctrers
through Alloa. Deliveries, 8.30 & 11.30
a.m. & 3.30 p.m. ; dispatches, 8.15 &
11.15 a.m. & 3.15 p.m
VICE-CONSULS.
Sweden & Norway, Morten Fischer
Russia, William Wyse Gillespie (agent)
SOUTH ALLOA HARBOUR.
(Under Caledonian Railway Co.)
Harbour Master, Archibald Gillies
Board School, Charles Laing, master
.[slater's
COMMERCIAL.
Alloa Ship Store Co
Dickson Andrew, grocer
Dunlop Elizabeth (Miss), draper
Fischer M. & Co. ship brokers & forward-
ing agents
Fischer Morten, vice-consul Sweden &
Norway
Gillespie <Sa Nicol.ship brokers & forwarding
agents
Gillespie William Wyse, vice-consular agent
for Russia
Gillies Archibald, harbour master
Gjertsen & Gregersen, ship chandlers
Kirkwood & Co. ship brokers, timber mer-
chants & pit wood importers
Rennie M. S. & Co. ship brokers & timber
merchants
Smart John, restaurant
Strathearn Francis, Ferry hotel
ALVA, a parish, formerly connected
judicially with this county and physically
with Clackmannanshire, is now wholly situ-
ated in the latter county, where particulars
will be found.
ABNFBIOB, see Eippen.
AVONBEIDG-E, see Slahaknan.
BALDERNOCK (anciently Bather-
nock), is a parish in the southern extremity
of the county and in the small debt court
district of Lennoxtown. It is about 3i miles
long by 2£ broad, and is bounded by the
river Kelvin and AUander on the side
fronting north-east and by Campsie, and on
the south-west lies the loch of Baldowie.
The church is about 2 miles north-west
from Balmore station, which is in the
parish, on the Glasgow and Bonnybridgo
section of the North British railway, and 7
north from Glasgow. The parish abounds
with cairns and similar memorials; the
most i-emarkable of its antiquities is a struc-
ture denominated " the auld wife's lift,"
consisting of three stones, two of which are
laid on the earth close by the side cf each
other, and on the top of this the third is
placed in the same direction, the ends in
each case pointing north and south ; the
whole is 18 feet in length by 11 in breadth
and 7 in height. In the surrounding grounds
the roots and stumps of oak trees have been
dug up, and there can be no doubt of this
spot having once been a Druidic grove and
place of sacrifice. Acreage of the parish,
4,320; rateable value, £8,949; population
in 1891, 553, and in 1901, 582.
Letters received through Glasgow
PARISH COUNCTL.
Chairman, Rev. Morison Bryce J.P
Clerk, John Gibson
Medical Officer, Peter France Robertson
M.D. Milngavie
Registrar of Birth3, Deaths & Marriages,
Inspector of Poor & Collector of Rates,
John Gibson, School house
Established Church, Rev. Morison Bryce
United Free Church, Rev. Wm. Young M.A
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, Charles T. Higginbotham
Clerk, John Gibson
Board School, John Gibson, master; Miss
Jessie Morrison, mistress
Railway Station, Allan Mclntyre,statn.mast
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Brvce Rev. Morison (Estab.), The Manse
Watson Robert, of North Bardowie
Young Rev. William (United Free), Manse
COMMERCIAL.
Gibson John, registrar of births, deaths &
marriages, inspector of poor, collector of
rates, insurance agent & clerk to the
Parish Council & school board
?Iorrison Isabella (Mrs.), grocer & gen. dlr
Pickford Robert, blacksmith, Balmore
FARMERS.
Bowie James, Whitefauld
Brechin Hugh, East Blairskaitli
Bryce William, South Bardowie
Christian John, Bankell
Donald Robert, Lower Blochairn
Donald Robert, West Blairskaitli
Graham Mrs. Dowan
Hannah Robert, Barraston
Hawey Mrs. Barnellan
Imrie David, Redbog
Marshall John, Lavrockhill
Marshall William, Balmore
Mitchell James, Brauruit
Morrison James, West Bogside
Morrison John, East Bogside