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1362 CARRON SHORE.
CARRON SHOBE is a village at the
extreme south-weat of Larbert, partly in
that parish and partly in that of Eoth-
kennar, and about 3 miles north-west
from Talkirk. The river Carron passes
the village. The Carron Co. have numerous
collieries here for supplying their â– works,
and railways run in various directions from
the works to these collieries. Population in
1891, 1,076, and in 1901; 1,113.
Post Office, Mrs. Mary Arthur, post-
mistress. Letters through Carron R.S.O.
- Deliveries, 7.20 a.m. & 2.30 & 7.20 p.m. ;
dispatches, 9.15 a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.
Postal Orders are issued here & paid.
The nearest money order & telegraph
office is at Carron, 1 mile distant
Police Station, John McDougall, constable
in charge
VOLUNTEERS.
4th (Stirlingshire) Volunteer BattalionPrin-
cess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland High-
landers) (I Co.), Capt. P. Allan; Surg.-
Capt. J. G. Ronald M.B. medical officer
Established Church, Rev. Alex. Eidd Watt
Board School, built in 1895, at a cost of
£5,000; David M. Phillips, master; Miss
Clark, mistress
Watt Rev. Alexander Kidd (Estab)
COMMERCIAL.
Anderson Annie (Mrs.), confectioner
Blackadder Elizabeth (Mrs.), spirit dealer
Borland Robert, spirit dealer
Carron Shore Baking Society Lim. bakers
Carron Hall & Kinnaird Co-operative So-
ciety Limited
Douglas John, butcher
Douglas Thomas, butcher
Duncan Margaret f Mrs.), grocer
â– Jenkins Christina (Mrs.), grocer & spirit dlr
M'Ewan Alexander, grocer & spirit dealer
M'Nab John, boot & shoe maker
Marchi G-iovanni, confectioner
Paton David, spirit dealer
Phillips David M. schoolmaster
Robertson John Miller, spirit dealer
Scobbie Alexander, grocer
Smith David, grocer & spirit dealer &
draper
Stark James, grocer & spirit dealer
"Welsh Jane (Mrs.), confectioner
CASTLECARY, see Combeknauld,
DCMBARTONPHIRE.
CAUSEWAYEEAD is a small village
with a station on the central section of the
North British railway ; it is in the parish of
Logie, about midway between Bridge of
Allan and Stirling, at the foot of Abbey
Craig — a detached portion of the Ochil
range — which presents a precipitous front
with a height of about 560 feet above the
level of the Porth. On its most elevated
ridge, and almost perpendicularly over the
village, stands the Wallace monument, a
structure 220 feet in height, in the form
-of a Scottish tower, surmounted by flying
crocketed arches converging to a centre
and forming a crown, from designs by Mr.
Rochead, of Glasgow. The foundation
stone was laid June 24th, 1S61 (the anni
versary of the Battle of Bannockburn), with
masonic honours, by the Duke of Atholl.
Prom the summit, which is reached by a
spiral stair, the view obtained is rich in
natural beauty and full of historic associa-
tions. Population in 1901, 540.
Post Office; Miss Janet Bean, postmistress.
Letters received through Stirling. Arri-
vals, 12 midnight, 8 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ;
dispatches, 7 a.m. & 3.45 & 7.20 p.m.;
Sundays, 3.15 p.m. Postal Orders are
issued & paid here. The nearest money
order & telegraph offices are at Stirling
& Bridge of Allan, each 2 mites distant
Police Station, James Rodgers, officer in
charge
Mission Hall (Logie parish)
Board School, Allan Dalziel, master
Railway Station, Peter McLean, station
master
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Anderson Thomas M. Craiglea
Brown Archibald, Craigfoot cottnge
Campbell Rev. John Kerr D.D. Muirlands
cottage
Crawford Miss, Rose villa
Dobbie Miss, Craigmill
Perguson Thomas, Victoria villa
Jack William, Craigmill house
Kinross John, Gowanlea
Leitcb Mrs. Tweedbank
McDowall William S. Abbey Craig park
Mclnnes Hugh, Craigton cottage
Menzies Mrs. Rosemonnt
STIKLINGSHIKE.
Miller William, Causewayhead cottage
Murdoch John, Wallace buildings
Paterson Mrs. Cressington
Paton David, Craigfoot cottage
Porteous George, Ardenlea
Smith Miss, Hilldontree
Stirling William, St. Leonards
Walker Miss, Garscube
Walker iMiss, Glencairn cottage
Walker Thomas, Spittal villa, Causeway-
head road
Watson Mrs. Craig View house
Weir Mrs. Victoria villa
Young Alexander, Craigview house
COMMERCIAL.
Alexander Mary (Miss), refreshment rooms
Allan William, apartments, Abbey view
Bean Andrew, traction engine proprietor
Bean William, blacksmith
Bean Janet (Miss), grocer, & post office
Dalziel Allan, schoolmaster
Hamilton Andrew, market gardener
Harris William, Wallace Arms hotel
Headridge A. & Sens, builders
McGowan Mrs. apartments
McLean Peter, station master
Meiklejohn James, joiner, Craigmill
Muir Thomas, Son & Patton Limited, col-
liery agents
Pearson Joseph, undertakers' furnisher
Robertson & McLaren, coach builders,
Craigmill
Roy Helen (Miss), dress maker, Craig-
royston
Rutherford Janet (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Scott John, foreman
Shand Geo. & Co. manufacturing chemists
Stewart Margaret (Miss), refreshment rms
Strang James, coal merchant
Sutherland Alexander, grocer
Walker Jessie' B. (Mrs.), dining & tea rms
Young Frank, boot maker
DENHY is a police burgh, thriving town
and parish in Stirling poor combination
and small debt court district. The parish
is about 6 miles long, by an average of 4
in breadth, and is bounded on the south-
west by the parish of Kilsyth, on
the west and north by the Carron, and
south-east by Falkirk. The town is on the
road directly west from Falkirk, through
the centre of the county, the road from Stir-
ling to Glasgow also passing through, and
is 29 miles west from Edinburgh, 20 north-
east from Glasgow, 7 south from Stirling,
and 5 west from Falkirk. Denny and
Dunipace are controlled by a provost, with
bailies and several commissioners. The
Denny railway, opened in 1859, is a branch
of the Scottish Central section of the Cale-
donian line, which joins the main line at
Larberfc, nearly 4 miles distant. The ter-
minus is close to the town and from it run
two sub-branches extending to the iron
mines in the neighbourhood, by which the
ironstone is conveyed to works near Coat-
bridge, and the coal to Glasgow and
Grangemouth for shipment over the coun-
try generally, and near here is the Forth
and Clyde canal. There is a. hall in which
the Oddfellows, the Ancient Order of
Foresters, the Free Gardeners, and the
Freemasons hold their lodge meetings ; it
also serves for the purposes of a People's
Club and Reading Room, and for public
meetings generally. The uncommon extent
of the water power, as well as the purity
of the Carron water have caused the es-
tablishment of considerable works on its
margin, comprising paper and dyewood
mills and chemical works, and in the dis-
trict are extensive coal and iron mines,
the whole f urnishi ng employment to a
large population. Two fairs are held an-
nually, one on the Wednesday before the
12th May, the other on the Wednesday
after the 11th of November. The Estab-
lished church is a stone structure in the
Gothic style, with a turret containing one
bell, and will seat about 600.
Places of interest in the neighbour-
hood are the Hermitage, Carron Glen,
the ruins of Torwood Castle and the Lady's
Leap. The banks of the Carron were the
scene of many of the most interesting and
heroic deeds recorded in Scottish history.
Banknock House is the residence of Adam
Boyle esq. William Forbes esq. D.L..J.P.
of Callendar, is the principal landowner.
Acreage of the parish, 8,267; burgh, 276
acres; rateable value, landward, £25,000;
burghal (parts of Denny and Dunipace
parishes), £12,000 ; population in 1891,
6,373, and in 1901, 8,268; of the latter
number the burgh of Denny and Dunipace
contained 3,794, and Bonnybridge town,
1,074; the population of the ecclesiastical
parish in 1891 was 3,842, and in 1901,
4,701.
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Bankier is a hamlet at the west end of the
parish, and contains a distillery.
At Holland Bush, near Haggs, 15th
August, 1645, was fought the battle of Kil-
syth, in which Montrose defeated the Cove-
nanters. The population of Holland Bush
and Haggs village in 1891 was 623, and in
1901, 1.296.
Parkfoot and Longcroft is a village 2£
miles south-west from the village of Denny;
its population in 1891 was 588, and in
1901, 969.
Haggs is- a quoad sacra parish and village
in the south of this parish, 2J miles west
from Bonnybridge, 1£ west of Denny
Loanhead, and 1 mile north of the Banknock
station (which is in the parish) on the Glas-
gow and Bonnybridge section of the North
British railway. The population in 1901
was 2,147.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. O. Denny; Andrew
Fleming, postmaster (Railway Sub-Office.
Letters should have R.S.O. Stirlingshire
added). Deliveries, 7 a.m. & 2.15 &
6.15 p.m.; dispatches, 8.50 a.m. & 12.30,
3, 4.30, 6 & 8 p.m
Post, M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P P., S. B.
& A. & I. O. Holland Bush; Miss Jennie
Duncan, postmistress. Deliveries from
Castle Carv R.S.O. ; dispatches, 9 a.m.
& 1 & 5.10" p.m
Letters for Haggs & Longcroft should be
addressed Castlecary R.S.O. Stirlingshire
DENNY & DUNIPACE BURGH
COMMISSIONERS.
Provost, William Wight Hunter
Bailies, Christopher Nisbet, Patrick Loney
& James Wallace
Commissioners, six
Town Clerk, Alex. Hendry, Dryburgh
Burgh Treasurer, James Scott, " Clydesdale
Bank
Medical Officer of Health, Michael Benny
M.D
Sanitary Inspector, Harry Blackadder
Collector, James Scott
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, James Anderson
Clerk, Inspector of Poor & Collector, James
Rankin
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
James S. Ritchie
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS &c.
Cemetery, David Paterson, keeper
Denny People's Club
Oddfellows' Hall
Police Stations, Denny, Lawrence Green-
hill, sergeant in charge; Longcroft, An-
drew Whitton, sergeant in charge
Public Hall, Alexander Ewirig, hall keeper
VOLUNTEERS.
4th (Stirlingshire) Princess Louise's (Vol-
unteer Battalion Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders) (G Co.), Capt. A. Hamilton-
Brown; Rev. A. Oram McGregor M.A.
acting chaplain
Established Churches: —
Denny, Rev. A. Oram M'Gregor M.A
Haggs, Rev. Alexander Robertson
United Free Churches : — Rev. Peter C. Dur-
ward M.A. & Rev. D. C. M'Kellar
Roman Catholio Church, Rev. Patrick
Shivers
School Board, James S. Davidson, clerk &
treasurer
Board Schools: —
Denny, built at a cost of about £5,000;
John Gillanders, master
Longcroft, James Robertson, master
Roman Catholic School
RAILWAY STATIONS.
Denny, Daniel M'Rae, station master &
goods agent; Wordie & Co. carting agents
Banknock,Alexander Shanks.station master
Denny.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Alexander Chas. Angus M.B.,C.M. Burnfoot
Anderson David, Viewforth
Andrew Robert, Annickvale
Baldwin John, Dryburgh
Benny Michael M.D. Loch park
Benny Miss, Custon hall
Boyle Adam, Banknock house
Brock tMrs. Rosehill
Davidson James S. Bank of Scotland house
Dickon Alexander, Union cottage
Durward Rev. Peter M.A., U. F. C. manse
Edgar John, Union cottage
Fleming George, Glencarron
Eraser Andrew, Lea Park cottage
Hay Miss, Campbellfields
Hendry Alexander, Dryburgh
Hunte,r James, Burnfoot