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i Eastern Jessie (Miss), confectnr.28 Main st
Fergus William F. joiner, 37 Charles street
Forrester Wra. slater & plasterer,Backbrae st
Eraser John M.D. surgeon, medical officer
of health for the burghj, & parochial
medical officer & certifying factory sur-
geon, Parkburn house
'â– Gas Works (William Kellock, manager)
Gibson William R. grocer & emigration
agent, 69 Main street
â– Gilchrist Andrew, public house keeper, 14
& 16 Kingston road
â– Gillies P. & M. grocers & general dealers,
72 Main street
Glen Robert, butcher, 1 Main street
Goodwin Alexander, butcher, 88 Main street
â– Goodwin Margaret (Mrs.), confectioner, 32
Kingston road
Gow James & Alexander, stone masons &
builders, Burngreen
â– Gracie Alexander, butcher, Newtown street
Graham John, public house keeper, 22 &
24 Market street
-Graham John Alex, watch ma. 37 Main sc
Graham Robert J. agent to Royal Bank of
Scotland (branch), insurance agent & trea-
surer to the burgh & actuary to Savings
Bank
•Graham Robt. public ho. kpr. Parkfoot st
Gray David, public house keeper, 32 Park-
foot street
Gray Henry, stone mason & builder, High st
Gray Rt. public-house keeper, 8 Market st
"Hamilton Brothers, aerated water manu-
facturers, Glen Garrell springs
' Hamilton Robert, innkeeper & spirit dealer,
33 Main street
Hay William, miller, Garrel mills
'Hoggans Agnes (Mrs.), public house kpr.
Burnside street east
Horsbrugh Charles W.S. factor for Sir
Archibald Edmonstone bart. of Blair -
quhosh. Strathblane
Hotchkies Robt. gasfitter, 25 High street
-Jamieson William, grocer, 14 Parkfoot st
-Johnston Ellen (Miss),tobaccnst.95 Main st
Kilsyth Chronicle (John M. Dun-
can, printer & publisher;
friday), Market square
â– Kilsyth Golf Club (Alexander Brown, sec).
Rosemount
Kilsyth Hosiery Company, hosiery manu-
facturers, Burnside mill
'Kilsyth Journal (Rankin & Mackie, printers
& publishers; Saturday), Main street
Kilsyth Pawnbroking Co. King street
Laing James, confectioner, 55 High street
Lawrie Agnes (Mrs.), milliner, 99 Main st
'Lawrie Thomson, baker, 3 High street
Lennox R. M. & W. M. solicitors, writerB
& insurance agents, Town Clerk's office
(Lennox R. M. solicitor &c. (R. M. & W.
M. Lennox) & town clerk, collector of
rates, clerk to Landward school board &
clerk to J.P. & Burgh. Police courts,
Town Clerk's office
Lennox Rt.B. grocer & spirit dlr.22 Main st
Lennox W. Mackay, solicitor (see R. M. &
W. M. Lennox), Town Clerk's office
Xockhart Christina (Mrs.), baker, 70 Main st
Logan Alexander, draper, 18 Main street
Logan David, slater & plasterer, Parkfoot st
'LoudonAlexander, boot & shoe ma.4Main st
iLoudon John & Sons, drapers, tailors &
clothiers, 50 & 52 Main street
ILow & Go. gTOcers & genl. dlrs.15 Main Bt
M'Call-im Jn.grcr. & gen.dlr.37Newtown st
McDonald Jas. tailor & clothier, 80 Main st
McFarlane David, grocer, 22 Kingston rd
McGuckian Kate (Miss), confctnr.45Main st
M'GregorDuncan,grcr.&spirit dlr.23Main st
M'Innes Alexander, confectioner,78 Main st
McKellar Rohert, insur. agt. Deacon road
M'Mullnn Chas.public-ho. kpr.9Newtown st
M'Mullen Patk. public-house kpr.2 High st
Marshall Agnee(Miss),confctnr.32Market st
â–  Marshall Janet (Miss), fancy goods dealer,
12 Main street
Martin & Co. millboard manufacturers
Millar Chas. tailor, Duntreath terrace
Miller George, grocer & gen. dlr.56 Main st
Miller Jane (Mrs.), dress maker & milliner,
Main street
Miller John, confectioner, 97 Main street
Mitchell Thomas, batcher, 10 Main street
Montgomery Andrew, hair drssr. High st
Morton.Tn.painter&paperhngr. 16Backbrae st
Moseardini Bros, confectnrs.l Backbrae st
Murdoch A. & Co. coffin furniture manufrs
Murray Julia (Miss), public house keeper,
31 Newtown street
Murray William, draper, 11 Main street
National Bank of Scotland Limited (branch)
f James Anderson, agent); draw on Lon-
don office, 37 Nicholas lane E C, Bank of
, England E C, Glyn, (Mills, Currie & Co.
E C, Coutts & Co. W C & Union of Lon-
don & Smiths Bank Limited E C, London
New Cemetery (William Thomson, clerk)
Paterson John, batcher, 5 High street
STIRLINGSHIRE.
Park George L.R.C.P.Edin., L.F.P. & S.
Glas. surgeon & parochial medical officer,
chemist & druggist, 49 Main street
Paterson Wm. B. solicitor, Garel Park cot
Patrick Jas. fruitr. & grngrcr. 8 Main st
Peebles Frederick C. chemist, 24 Main sr
Pollock John, insurance agent (Prudential),
Duntreath terrace
Provan Alex. gro. & spirit dlr. 3 Church st
Provan Robert, tailor & clothier, 3a, High st
Rankin Alexander, ironmonger, stationer &
news agent, 2 Backbrae street
Rankin Christina (Miss), dress maker, 10
Backbrae street
Rankin & Mackie, printers & publishers,
Main street
Reid William, registrar of b : rths, deaths &
marriages, Charles street
Richardson James N. clothier, 36 High st
Royal Bank of Scotland (branch) (Robert J.
Graham, agent) ; draw on London office,
123 Bishopsgate street within E C, Bank
of England E C & Coutts & Co.. W C,
London
Russell Brothers, butchers, 73 Main street
Russell Marshall, joiner, Westport street
Russell William (Mrs.), fishmonger, 79
Main street
Savings Bank (open on monday) (Robert J.
Graham, actuary)
Scott William, butcher, 53 Main street
Sempill Jn. D. procurator fiscal for the
burgh
Sharp James, public house keeper, 8 & 10
Westport street
Shaw David, ironmonger, bookseller & sta-
tioner, 43 Main street
Smart James, restaurant, 13 Main street
Smart Jas. grocer & genl.dlr.17 Main st
Stark Alexander & Sons, quarry owners,
Auchenstarry
Stark James, tailor & clothier, 35 High st
Stark Malcolm, grocer & general dealer,
53 Newtown street
Stark Jsph. joiner & undertkr. Kingston rd
Stark Robt. draper & tailor,14 Westport st
Stevenson John Watt, grocer & general dlr.
90 Main street
Stewart Euphemia (Mrs.), carriage hirer,
Parkfoot street
Thompson Peter J. hair drssr. 16 Market st
Thomson Agnes (Mrs.), fruiterer & green-
grocer, 2 Newtown street
Thomson William, clerk to parish council,
inspector of poor, collector of poor rates,
clerk to Landward committee & to new
cemetery & assistant registrar for births,
deaths & marriages, 10 King street
Town Hall (Police-Sergt. James Sinclair,
keeper), Market place
Tvler H. P. boot & shoe ma. 44 Main st
Unionist Association (Daniel Stark, sec)
United Collieries Limited, coal masters
Victoria Hall (William Welsh, proprietor)
Walker David, news agent, 24 High street
Watson & Co. bakers & confectioners, 35
Westport street & 51 Main street
Welsh William, public house keeper, 18 &
20 Market street
White Robert, plumber & gasfitter, Backbrae
Wilson Sergt. James, drill instructor K Co.
4th (Stirlingsh.) Vol. Batt. Princess
Louise's (Argyll & 'Sutherland High-
landers)
Wilson Jeanie (Miss), confectnr.2Market st
Whyte John, plumber, gasfitter & tinsmith,
12 Church street
Wilson Thomas, joiner, Newtown street
Wilson Thomas, public house keeper, 44
High street & 71 Newtown street
Wilson William, quarry owner, Croy, Belt-
moss & BGrwood
Young Andrew, dairyman, 83 Main street
Young Robert, grocer, Newtown cross
FARMERS.
Arnott William, Barr farm
Brock William, Drumbreck
Duncan John, Balmalloch
Fairbarn John, Dykehead
Filshie John, Netherinch
Freebairn John, Bogside
Harvey William, Queenzieburn
McCall Professor James, Woodend
Marshall David, Balcastle
Paterson John, Garrel gardens
Rennie James, QJorrie & Allanfanld
Rennie William, Old place
Smith Robert. Berryhill
Weir James, Drum
Welsh Peter, Arnbrae
KIPPEN is a parish in Dumbarton poor
combination and small debt court district of
Stirling, 8 miles in length by from 2 to
4 in breadth, and bounded on the north
by the river Forth, which separates the
county from Perthshire, on the east hy Gar-
gunnock, on the south by Balfron and Fin-
try, and' on the west by the parish of
Drymen ; It Ib well watered, and from some
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of the higher grounds an extensive and
varied prospect, including Stirling Castle
and the romantic woody eminences adjacent,
is presented. Under the provisions of the
" Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 "
(52 and 53 Vict. c. 50, sections 44 to 50),
boundary order No. 13, the part of Kippen
parish formerly in Perthshire has been
transferred to Stirlingshire. The village is
in the eastern part of the parish, on the
road from Stirling to Dumbarton, and has
a station 1£ miles north on the Stirling arid
Balloch section of the North British railway,
and is 10 miles west from Stirling. Mineral
wells are in the neighbourhood. A quarry
of red stone is also near the village. Fairs
are held at Kippen on the second Wednes-
day in December, and at Balgair, a moor
about 2 miles from Kippen, for horses,
cattle and sheep, on the Friday before the
26th June. Near the railway station is the
Ford of Frew, where, in 1746, Prince Charles
lost his cannon, while retreating before the
Campbells. James Stirling esq. J.P. of
Garden; Sir Charles William Cayzer M.P.
of Gartmore ; Stephen Mitchell J.P. of
Boquhan ; Lady Connal, of Arngomery,
Stirling ; William L. Galbraith esq. of
Blackhouse; Daniel Fisher esq. of Balla-
menoch ; Mrs, Montelth, of Wright's Park,
Henry David Erskine esq. C.V.O., D.L.,
J.P. of Cardross, William Forrester, of
Arngibbon, and James McFarlane, of Ox-
hill, are the principal proprietors. The
area of the civil parish is 11,268 acres;
rateable value, £10,912; the population in
1891, 1,436, and in 1901, 1,456; of the ec-
clesiastical parish, 968. Cauldhame and
Sbirgarton are places in the civil parish.
Post, T. & M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Kippen; Robert
Dougall, sub-postmaster. Letters received
through Kippen 'Station R.S.O. Delivery,
8 a.m. ; dispatches, 6.10 a.m. & 3.35 p.m
Post Office, Kippen Station (Railway Sub-
Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Stir-
lingshire added) ; Mrs. Jessie Stirling,
postmistress. Delivery, 7.10 am. ; dis-
patches, 7.10 & 9.40 a.m. & 4.25 p.m.
Postal Orders are issued & paid here.
The nearest money order & telegraph
office is at Kippen, 1 mile distant
Post Office, Arnprior; Mrs. Jessie Taylor,
sub-postmistress. Letters received
through Port of Menteith Station R.S.O.
Delivery, 8.15 a.m.; dispatch, 9.30 a.m.
& 3.40 p.m. The nearest money order
office is at Buehlyvie & nearest telegraph
office at Port of Menteith Station^ 1 mile
distant
Post & T. 0. Railwav Station, Port of
Menteith (Railway Sub-Office. Letters
should have R.S.O. Stirlingshire added) ;
Miss Janet Keir, sub-postmistress. Let-
ters are delivered at 7.30 a.m. ; dis-
patches, 11.20 a.m. & 4 p.m. Postal
Orders are issued & paid here. Bueh-
lyvie is the nearest money order office
PARISH COUNCIL.
Including the village of Buehlyvie.
Chairman, Andrew Dewar J.P. of Arnprior
Councillors, Eleven
Clerk, Alexander Cross, Claymires
Medical Officers, Duncan McDiarmid J.P.,
M.B., O.M.Edln. of Kippen & Robert W.
Lindsay L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. Buehlyvie
Sanitary Inspector, John Barr, Barnton st.
Stirling
Inspector of Poor & Collector of Rates,
Alexander Cross, Claymires
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Alexander Cross, Claymires
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.
Memorial Hall, Kippen, Rev. John Gavin
Dickson M.A. hon. sec
Police Station, Jamee Whittaker, policeman
Public Hall, James Hunter, sec. & treas.
Schoolhouse
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Rev. John Gavin Dick-
son M.A
United Free Church, Rev. Henry W.
Hunter M.A
SCHOOL BOARD.
For Kippen & Buehlyvie.
Chairman, James Stirling esq. J.P. of
Garden
Clerk, Alexander Cross, Port of Menteith
Station
Members, Five
Board Schools: —
Kippen, James Hunter, master
Kippen, Miss Maggie Lang, assistant mist
Arnprior, James Gardner, master