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DIRECTORY,]
LONG-CROFT, see Denny.
MADDISTON, see Muiravonside.
MENSTRIE, a village, has been trans^
ferred by boundary order No. 124 from
Stirlingshire to Clackmannanshire
MIIiNG-AVTE, a town and a police
burgh (generally called Millgay), is a
quoad sacra parish erected out of that of
New (or East) Kilpatrick, and in the
-countieB of Dumbarton and Stirling. For
further particulars and names see Dum-
bartonshire
MILTON, see Campsib.
MUIRAVONSIDE is a parish, in Lin-
lithgow poor combination and Falkirk small
debt court district ; it is 6 miles in length
by 2 in breadth, bounded by Polmont on
-the north-west, the river Avon on the east
.and south-east, which divides it from
Linlithgowshire, Falkirk on the west and
Polmont on the north. The village is on
the left bank of the Avon, and on the
west bank of the Union canal, and is about
2 miles from Linlithgow and about 4
^south-east from Falkirk. On the Avon in
this parish are the ruins of a nunnery,
founded by Malcolm IV. and half a mile
west are the remains of the ancient castle
•of Almond, for several generations the
favourite seat of the Livingstons, EarU of
Calendar. Muiravonside House is the resi-
dence of John Stirling esq. J.P. William
Forbes esq. D.L., J.P. of Callendar"; John
Stirling esq. J.P. ; T. Livingstone Lear-
month esq. of Park Hall, Polmont, are the
principal landowners. The land is nearly
all arable and enclosed, and beneath the
surface there is an abundance of coal.
The parish of Muiravonside covers an
area of 7,964 acres; rateable value,
.£26,647; population in 1891, 3,671, and in
1901, 5,332, and in the ecclesiastical parish,
3 441.
' Standburn is a village in Muiravonside
â– civil parish; population in 1901, 949.
Maddiston, 1 mile south from the church,
is a village in this parish. The population
with Sooty Hill in 1901 was 617.
At Causewayend, about 1 mile east from
the church, are the works of the Linlith-
gow Foundry Co. iron founders, and a
station on the Coatbridge and Manuel
branch of the North British railway.
At Blackston, in this parish, 34 miles
south from the church, is a station on the
same branch, from which place is a line
to Bathgate and Westfield. Bowhouse
station, also on the Manuel branch, is about
â– 2 miles south of the church. Manuel station
is also on the line from Edinburgh to Lar-
"bert.
Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A. & I. 0.
Maddiston; Miss Elizabeth Gemmell,
sub-postmistress. Letters received
through Polmont Station S.O. Stirling-
shire. Deliveries, 9 a.m. & 2 & 8 p.m. ;
dispatches, 9.10 a.m. & 2.45 & 8.10 p.m.
The nearest telegraph office is at Polmont
Station, 2 miles distant
Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A. & I. 0.
Standburn; Mrs. Mary Hoggan, sub-
postmistress. Letters received through
Avonbridge K.S.O. Stirlingshire. De-
livery, 8.30 a.m. ; dispatches, 10.30
,a.m. & 4.30 p.m. Nearest telegraph
office is at Avonbridge, 2 miles distant
PAEISH COUNCIL.
â– Session Clerk, Matthew M. Henderson
Inspector of Poor, Collector of Rates,
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
John Eccles
Cemetery, Peter Malcolm, superintendent
Rechabite Hall
Salvation Army Hall, Maddiston
Police Station, Maddiston, David Smith,
constable in charge
Established Church, Rev. David Bayne
Established Church, Cairney mount (not
completed)
School Board, Andrew Hunter, clerk &
treasurer, Falkirk
Board Schools: —
Drumbowie, George M'Kay, master
Muiravonside, David Watt, master
Maddiston Infants, Miss Jane Walker
RAILWAY STATIONS.
Blackston, James Brown
Causewayend, David Russell, station master
Bowhouse, James Croall
Manuels, James M. Stewart, station master
STIRLINGSHIRE.
Muiravonside.
(Letters through Linlithgow.)
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bayne Rev. David (Estab.), The Manse
Brown Ainslie, Manuel bouse
Brown William, Yellor castle
Calderwood John, Standburn
Galbraith Mrs. Almond house
Scott William, Toravon
Stirling John J.P. Muiravonside house
Stirling Mrs. Tarduff
Wilson Marshall
COMMERCIAL.
Brown John, grocer
Calderwood John M.B., C.M.Glas. surgeon,
Standburn
Cemetery (Peter Malcolm, superintendent)
Croall James, station master, Bowhouse
Eccles John, inspector of poor, collector
of rates & registrar of births, deaths &
marriages
Henderson Matthew M. session clerk
Hoggan Matthew, grocer, Standburn
Linlithgow Foundry Co. iron founders,
columns & general builders' & engineers'
castings, Causewayend, Muiravonside ;
postal address, Linlithgow
McKay George, schoolmaster, Drumbowie
Marshall John, grocer & draper, Standburn
Mungall Wm. timber mer. &c. Bowhouse
Nimmo James & Co.Limited, coal masters;
head office, Glasgow
Russell David, station master, Causewayend
Thorn William, joiner, Entry road
Watt David, schoolmaster
Wright Thomas, blacksmith, White Cross
FARMERS.
Ballantyne James, Avon bank
Bennie Daniel, Bowhouse
Bowie Robert, Gilmeadowland
Boyd Mrs. John, West Hillhead
Buchanan William, Kaemuir
Calder Alexander, Drumbroider
Calder William, The Hill
Eddison John, Candyend
Hodge William, Boxton
Ingles J. R. Grayrigg
Johnston Thomas, High Manuel
Learmonth Thomas L. esq. Park hall
McLachlan James, Kendieshill
Neilson William, Haining
Scott Peter, Castle hill
Shanks Alexander, Gillandersland
Shanks Thomas, Gateeide
Taylor Mrs. Boxtonrighead
Waddell Robert, Blackbraes
Wilson William, Bogo
Maddiston.
Cunningham Janet (Mrs.), grocer & spirit
dealer
Forsyth Archibald, news agent
Galloway William, spirit dealer
Haldane John, tailor
Hunter James, coach hirer
Pearson William, blacksmith
Redding Co-operative Society Limited
Smith David, police constable
PARKFOOT, see Denny.
PXiEAN" is &â–  quoad sacra parish, formed
from St. Ninians. East Plean village is
on the road from Falkirk to Stirling, hbout
3 miles south from Bannockburn station
on the Glasgow and Stirling section of the
Caledonian railway, 5 north from Falkirk
and 5 south from Stirling. In the village
is a hospital for old and indigent men,
more especially soldiers and sailors, founded
by Colonel Francis Simpson, of East Plean,
who died in 1831, having bequeathed up-
wards of £30,000 and an estate for the pur-
pose. The establishment contains 48 in-
mates, who are boarded, clothed, and have
a small allowance of pocket-money ; the
trustees granted the land on which a
church has been erected in connection with
the Church of Scotland. The population
of the ecclesiastical parish in 1891 was
845, and in 1901, 1,318, including 56 in the
William Simpson Asylum.
Post Office; William M'Leod, sub-post-
master. Letters should be addressed
Bannockburn R.S.O. Stirlingshire. Dis-
patches, mon. wed. & fri. 10.55 a.m. &
2.15 p.m.; tues. thurs. & sat. 11.55 a.m.
& 2.15 p.m. Postal Orders are issued &
paid here. The nearest money order &
telegraph office is at Bannockburn, 3
miles distant
Simpson's Asylum, Rev. William T. P.
McDonald, governor & chaplain; Mrs.
McDonald, matron; William Mackintosh,
surgeon
Established Church, Rev. William T. P.
McDonald
Board School, Hector Towns, master
POLMONT. 1387
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
McDonald Rev. William T. P
Thorneycroft Wallace, Plean house
COMMERCIAL.
Cairns William, blacksmith
Chalmers Wm. quarry owner, Plean quarry
Forsyth Janet (Mrs.), grocer
Hogg James, grocer
M'Leod Wm. joiner,- grocer & postmaster
Muir Thomas, spirit dealer
Muirhead John, butcher
Plean Colliery Co. Ltd. coal proprietors
Simpson's Asylum (Rev. W. T. P.
McDonald, governor &. chaplain ; William
Mackintosh, surgeon ; Mrs. McDonald,
matron), East Plean
Touch Thomas, cartwright
Weir William, grocer
POLMOiNT is an ecclesiastical parish
and village, now amalgamated in the civil
parish of Grangemouth, under the Parish
Councils Act, May, 1900, in Falkirk small
debt court district; the parish extends 5
miles inland from the Forth, and is about
2 miles in breadth and 6 in length; it is
intersected by the main road from Edin-
burgh to Falkirk, and is bounded by the
river on the east, the Union canal on the
south, and the Firth of Forth on the north.
The village lies on the road from Lin-
lithgow to Falkirk, from which it is 3£
miles east, and has a station half a mile
south on the North British railway. Blair-
lodge, a large private school here, con-
ducted on public principles, has about
200 boarders, and stands in its own grounds
of 30 acres ; in connection with the school
is a chapel, seating 500, and a hospital.
Polmont Park is the residence of James
McKillop esq. M.P., D.L., J.P. ; Mill-
field, of David Mitchell esq. J.P. ; Park
Hall, of Thomas L. Learmonth esq. J.P.
and Park Hill, of Alexander W. Gray
Buchanan esq. The Duke of Hamilton;
"the Marquess of Zetland K.T., P.C. ; David
Mitchell esq. ; T. L. Learmonth esq. J.P.
and A. W. Gray Buchanan esq. are the
principal landowners. The district has
within its limits several coal mines, and
ounds in iron and freestone. The popu-
lation in 1901 was 4,690 in the ecclesias-
tical parish, and 561 in the village.
The small village of Nether Polmont is
on the coast from Falkirk to Bo'ness, from
which it is 4 miles distant.
Redding is a village in the district of
Polmont, abounding in coal mines, worked
by James Nimmo & Co. Limited. Nobel's
Explosives Co. Limited, have large works
here for the manufacture of detonators for
their dvnamite. Population^ in 1891 was
643, and in 1901, 874.
Post, T. & M. O., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Polmont (Sub-Office.
Letters should be addressed Polmont
S.O. Stirlingshire); Miss Maggie Inglis
Clapperton, postmistress. Deliveries, 8
a.m. & 1 & 7 p.m. ; dispatches, 7. 5 a.m. 12
noon & 3.50, 6.30 & 9.30 p.m
Post, T., M. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. 0. Polmont Station (Sub-
Office. Letters should be addressed
S.O. Stirlingshire); Miss Jeannie R.
White, postmistress. Deliveries, 8 a.m.
& 12.50 & 7 p.m. ; dispatches, 12.10, 3.55,
6.30 & 9.30 p.m
Post Office, Redding; William Stewart,
postmaster. Letters should be addressed
Polmont Station S.O. Stirlingshire. Dis-
patches, 8.50 a.m. &. 3.20 & 8 p.m.
Postal Orders are issued & paid here.
The nearest money order & telegraph
office is at Polmont Station, 2 miles
distant
Post Office, Redding Muirhead; William
Grav, postmaster. Letters should be
addressed Polmont Station S.O. Stirling-
shire. Deliveries from Polmont Station
post office; dispatches, 10 a.m. & 3.25-
p.m. Postal Orders are issued & paid
here. The nearest money order & tele-
graph office is at Polmont Station, 2
miles distant
PARISH COUNCIL.
(Now removed to Grangemouth.)
Police Station, Alexander Richardson, con-
stable in charge
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Rev. John Buchanan
MacKenzie B.D
United Free Church, Rev. Jas. Anderson
Catholic Mission Church, South craigs (min-
isters served from Falkirk)