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DIRECTORY.]
Scott James, Longbank
temple John, Collieg
Shearer James, Kettlehill
Watson Koberfe, North Bardowie
Winning Andrew, Balmore
BALJEON is a parish in Stirling poor
combination and small debt court district,
about 11 miles in length and 3 in breadth,
and bounded on the east and south-
east by Gargunnock and Fintry, on the
south by the Endrick water, which separ-
ates it from Killearn, west by Drymen, and
on the north by Buchlyvi and Kippen.
The village standB on the declivity of a
bill, and has a station 2 miles west "on the
Glasgow and Aberfoyle section of tbe North
British railway. Tbe village is supplied
with water from a spring on Spittal farm,
the works of which cost £800. A Board
school now stands on tbe site of the old
parish school, with a dwelling house
for the master; the school will hold about
250 children, and is under the charge of
•one of the few remaining schoolmaster
appointed by the heritors prior to the
passing of the Education Act. There is a
branch of the British Linen Co.'s Bank in
the village. Acreage of the parish, 7,821;
rateable value, £7,135; population in
1891, 1,302, and in 1901, 1,092, of which
the village contained 737.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Balfron ; Tbos. Hart,'
postmaster. Letters through Balfron Sta-
tion S.O. Stirlingshire. Deliveries, 7.50
a.m. <Sb 12 noon & 7.8 p.m. (to callers
only); dispatches, 10.20 a.m. & 5.20 p.m.
(summer 6.30 p.m)
Post & T. O. Balfron Station (Sub-
Office. Letters should have S.O. Stir-
lingshire added); William Cordiner,
sub-postmaster. Deliveries, 7.40 &
11.50 a.m. & 3.6 (summer 3.55 p.m.) &
7.10 p.m. (summer 5.45 p.m.) ; dispatches,
10.55 a.m. & 4 p.m. (summer 7.35
p.m.). Postal Orders are issued & paid
here. The nearest money order office
is at Balfron
PARISH COUNCIL.
Clerk, Inspector of Poor & Collector of
Rates, John Henry
Medical Officer, William Robert Forrester
M.B., CM
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Robert Sewell, School house
Police Station, William MoConnachie, ser-
geant-in-charge
Public Hall
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Rev. Alex. Slessor
United Free Churches, Rev. James Lind-
say & at Holm of Balfron
Soman Catholic, served from Lennox Town
three Sundays in every month
SCHOOL BOARD.
•Chairman, William Forrester
Clerk & Treasurer, John Henry
Board School, accommodation 250- aver-
age attendance, 135; Robert Sewell,
master; Miss Mary M'Laren, mistress
Railway Station, John Eadie, station mast
Conveyance 'Buses meet all trains from
Glasgow at Balfron station
PRIVATE RESIDENTa
Connal Miss
Fisher James M.B
Forrester William M.B. Cremannan
Fraser John J.P. Balfunning
Hornsby Alexander Hamilton, Dunibert
Lindsay Rev. James (tJ. F.), Manse
M'Adam John, jun. British Linen Bank
house, Mount Blow
Neilson Miss, Camoquhill, Douglas
Robertson-Smith William, Ballindalloch
Slessor Rev. Alexander (Estab.), The Manse
Smith Willliam, Home cottage
Ore Miss, Main street
Ward H. S. Dunibert
Wilson Alexander Fairlie. Burnbrae
COMMERCIAL.
Alexander Grace B. (Miss), ironmonger
Alexander John, refreshment rooms
Bauchop Moses & Sons, Wrights, Sunnybrae
Beddie Annie (Mrs.), grocer
Blue Annie (Miss), dress maker
British Linen Co. Bank (branch) (John
McAdam, jun. agent; draw on London
office, Threadneedle street E C & Bank
of England E C, London
Buchanan J. & a grocers, drapers & boot &
Bhoe dealers
Campbell Alex, slater & plasterer
Clement James, grocer, Buchanan street
STIELINGSHIEE.
Cordiner William, grocer & coal merchant
& postmaster, Balfron station
Dempster Robert, grocer, draper & boot &
shoe dealer
Dewar Alexander, wright
Drummond Margt. (Miss), grocer & gen. dlr
Fairweather James, tailor
Findlay John, grocer & draper
Fisher James M.B., C.M. surgeon, & paro-
chial medical officer for Killearn
Forrester Win. Eobert M.B., C.M. surgeon,
& parochial medical officer for Balfron
Garrick John, grocer, Dungoyne
Gourlay Eobert, slater & plasterer
Grant A. B. & Sons, shirt manufacturers
Gray Janet (Miss), grocer & general dealer
Hamilton James, grocer & general dealer
Hart Thomas, saddler & post master
Henry John, inspector of poor, collector of
rates, clerk to parish council & clerk
& treas. to school board & inaur. agent
Hosie William, Ballindalloch hotel
Houston James, blacksmith, Balfron station
Jamieson John Eussell, house agent, sta-
tioner &c
Lockhart William & Sons, bakers
Lyall David G. writer & notary public
McArthur Jane (Miss), baker & confctnr
McGlone Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
McKinnon David, baker
McLean Margaret (Mrs.), spirit merchant
McLellan John (Mrs.), grocer & general
dealer & coal merchant
McMorran James, hair dresser
McPhie Walter, tailor
Malcolm John, boot & shoe maker
Molloy Mary (Miss),- dress maker
Paton James, plumber & gasfitter
Paton Philip, ironmonger
Patterson Joseph, Tontine P.H
Sewell Eobert, registrar of birth3, deaths &
marriages & schoolmaster, School house
Simpson James, wright
Tait James, butcher, Buchanan street
Tarvefc Eobert, grocer & coal merchant
Taylor J. & A. blacksmiths
Taylor Ellen (Miss), coal merchant
Taylor Jane (Mi3s), draper, Buchanan st
Walker James, painter & paperhanger
White James, watch maker & jeweller
FARMERS.
Brown Andrew, Dalfoil
Buchanan John, Hill of Balgair
Christie David Eeid, Broughmore
Coubrough James, Wester Balgair
Cowan Alexander, Mains of Glinns
Cunningham James, Nether Glinns
Dougal John, Over Glinns
Edmond John, Ballafark
Edmond Thomas, Harviestone
Graham Andrew (Mrs.), Tombreck
Jardine William, Craigend
Lockhart Malcolm, Townhead
McAdam James, Glenfoot
M'Alister Eobert, Easter Glinns
M'Alister William, Blairmore
M' Alpine James & John, Camoquhill
McEwan William, Loaningside
M'Ewen Charles, Garronhead & Provanston
M'Eendrick Mrs. Janet, Wester Balgair
McQueen John, Eashiehill
Mitchell Matthew, Camoquhill
Murray John, Caimhill & Shean
Neilson James, Einnins
Neilson Thomas, Clayfaulds
Paterson John, Woodend
Wilson Alexander F. Camoquhill
Yuill John, Kierhill
BANNOCKBtTBlT is a small town
and quoad sacra parish erected from the
civil parish of St. Ninians, 1 mile from
that place, on the road from Falkirk to
Stirling, and on both sides, but chiefly on
the east bank of the Bannockburn rivulet,
which here runs through a glen, and after
a course of a few miles falls into the
Forth. It has a station half a mile east
on the Glasgow and Stirling section of the
Caledonian railway, and is 3 miles south
from Stirling and 8 north from Falkirk.
The manufacture of tweeds, tartans, and
carpets is carried on. Coal is obtained in
the vicinity in great abundance, and a
tannery has been established in the village
for a long period. In this district the
country ia characterised by its long de-
scending braes, with a northern exposure
to the Firth of Forth, and it was on one of
ae uplands, between this village and
that of St. Ninians that was fought on
the 24th June, 1314, the memorable and
decisive battle of Bannockburn ; the result
of which was the permanent security of
the independence of Scotland. In this
conflict the army of the English, under
Edward II. and the Earls of Pembroke
and Gloucester, numbering about 100,000
men, attempted to relieve Stirling Castle,
BANNOCKBURN. 1355
then besieged by Eobert Bruce, but was
defeated with heavy loss, although the
Scots numbered considerably less. Bruce's
forces were stationed along the front of an
eminence called Gillies Hill, and extended
from south-west to north-east, between the
farm of Greysteil and the village of St.
Ninians. About half a mile south from
the latter, upon the summit of a command-
ing elevation called Oalden Hill, is a large
stone, termed the " Bored Stone," having
a hole in the top in which the Scottish
king inserted his standard on the day of
battle. The' height called the Cat Craig
Hill, from which the English king
watched th6 progress of the battle, has
been almost quarried away. At Milton,
about half a mile from the town of Ban-
nockburn, are the remains of " Beatons
Mill," to which James III. retreated after
the battle of Sanchieburn, fought in June,
1488, about 2 miles further to the south-
west. There is a Public Hall in the village,
erected at a cost of £1,700. The Fever
Hospital here, under the control of the
County Central District Committee, was
erected in 1895 at a cost of about £3,000,
and is now (1903) being considerably en-
larged. A fair is held in Bannockburn
on the third Tuesday in June (old style).
Bannockburn town contained a population
in 1891, 2,765, and in 1901, 2,444, and in
the ecclesiastical parish, 4,050.
Cowie is a rapidly increasing village in
the parish. The population in 1901 was
849.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. O. (Railway Sub-Office.
Letters should have R.S.O. Stirlingshire
added) ; James Buchanan, postmaster.
Deliveries, 7.30 a.m. & 7 p.m. ; dis-
patches, 7 a.m. & 3.20, 4.30 & 6.10 p.m
Post Office, Cowie ; William Marshall, sub-
postmaster. Letters through Bannock-
burn E.S.O. Stirlingshire. Delivered at
8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 11.20 a.m.
Postal Orders are issued & paid here.
Bannockburn is the nearest money order
& telegraph office
Eegistrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Jame3 Jenkins, Bannockburn
Established Church, Eev. James Allan
United Free Churches: —
Ladywell, Eev. William Trotter
Murrayfield, Rev. Andrew Morrison
Cowie, Eev. Archibald Miller Marshall
Eoman Catholic Church, Rev. Francis
Macmanus
Public School, Robert Saunders F.E.I.S.
master ; Miss Maggie Brown, infants'
mistress
Public School, Cowie, William Morrison,
master
Police Station, Eobert Paterson, constable
Railway Station, Jas. McLean, station mstr
OMNIBUS.
From Bannockburn to Stirling, every 40
minutes from 9 a.m. till 6.20 p.m
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Allan Rev. James (Estab.), The Manse
Currie Mrs. James, Gowanlea
Dobbie James, The Firs
Duchart Alexander
Macfarlane Thomas Longlands M.B
McLintock William, Dunlossit
Macmanus Rev. Francis (Catholic)
Marshall Rev. Archibald Miller (U. F.),
Cowie
Meikle Thomas, Old Bridge
Morrison Eev. Andrew (TJ. F. C), Manse
Morrison John M.B., CM. Overburn
Thomson Robert, Viewforth
Trotter Rev. William (TJ. F. C)
Wilson Col. Alexander V.D., J.P. & D.L.
Bannockburn house
Wilson Edward L., J.P. Hill park
Wilson Major William, Yiewvale
Wilson Mrs. Pathhead
Wilson William R. Braeside north
COMMERCIAL.
Early closing day, Wednesday.
Alloa Coal Co. coal proprietors, Bannock
burn colliery
Anderson & Dewar, slaters
Andrews Isabella (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Bains Agnes (Miss), dressmaker
Bains James, foreman, Old Bridge
Bains James, insurance agent, Main street
Bowie John, grocer
Brand Margaret (Mrs.), confectioner
Br ownFrank, quarry owner, Polmaise quarry
Campbell James, horse hirer
Cemetery (John Richardson, caretaker;!
Samuel Eeid, St. Ninians, clerk to the
burial board)