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1426 OLD LUCE.
Dalrymple John, Mark of Luce
Ferguson Jam'e3, Back of She Wall
Fisher Ivie & John, Barhaskine
Fisher John, Barnsallie
Haswell Robert, Challochmun
Heron Alexander, Laigh Sinniness
tJack Archibald, Orchard
fJamieson Thomas, Old Halls
Jardine Mrs. Elizabeth & Jas. Culquhasen
Kelly Eobert, North Milton
Leiper Robert, Airyhemming
Limond Thomas & William, Broompark
Love Andrew, Tonnachree
Love Gavin H. & William, Genoch
McAdam Quintin, Craignarget
MacCaig John, Blairderry
MacCaw Anthony, Whitecairn
MacCaw James, Glenjorrie
MacCulloch JameB, Auchemaly
MacCulloch Peter (heirs of), Whitefield &
Machermore
HacDowall David, Glenhoul
McFadzean Thomas, Fine view
MacGhie William, Grayhill
MacLellan Mrs. Sarah (trustees of), Cruise
fMacMaster Jas-& Jn.Park of Little Genoch
fMacMaster William, East Challoch
MacMaster William, Low Boreland
MacQuaker Andrew & James, Craigenholly
MacTier John, Culroy
McWhirter John, Greenard
Miller John & Thomas, Barlockhart
Milmine Archibald, South Milton
Murray Wm. Alex. & Edwd. Carsecreugh
Murray John, Kilfillan
Reid David, Coreshead
Ross Thomas, Dervaird
Stevenson Robert, Balcarry & Drumflower
Syminton Thomas, Castle Sinniness
Templeton Alexander (trustees of),MidTors
Taylor Peter, Longforth
ITaylor JameB, Low Tors
â–  fTempleton John, High Tors
Todd Thomas, Kirkminnoch, Dunragit
Wilson Andrew, Knock of Luce
MOCHKTJM is a parish, in Wigtown,
shire poor combination and Wigtown small
. debt court district, about 10 miles in
length and extending inland to a distance
of between 4 and 5 miles, it is bounded
on the west by Old Luce, north by Kirk-
cowan, east by Kirkinner, and south-west
by Luce Bay. The kirk is 4£ miles south-
west from Whauphill station on the Wig-
town branch of the Portpatrick and Wig-
townshire railway, and about 8 south-west
from Wigtown. Mochrum Loch, about
1^ miles long by half a mile wide,
and Castle Loch, 1 mile in length by half
a mile in breadth, as well as four smaller
lochs are in the parish. Malzie water, a
tributary of the Bladenoch, is formed from
the first-named lochs. The Castle, or " Old
Place " of Mochrum, surrounded by lakes,
is a very ancient and picturesque building
in an inland part of the parish : it was
formerly the family seat of the Dunbars,
knights of Mochrum, but has for many
years been the property of the Marquess of
WIGTOWNSHIRE.
Bute, who has made alterations at con-
siderable expense In this parish is Mon-
reiui, the handsome residence and demesne
of the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace
Maxwell bart. P.C., M.P., D.L., J.P. pro-
prietor of the place: the mansion, which
stands on the bank of a fine lake, com-
mands an extensive prospect of the Bay of
Luce, the shore of Galloway, the Isle of
Man and the coast of Cumberland. Near
it is an old castle surrounded by lofty
trees, and contiguous are the remains of the
old parish church of Kirkmaiden, now
occupied as a place of sepulture by the
family of Maxwell, whose ancestors for-
merly possessed the estate. Acreage of
the parish, 24,118; rateable value, £13,260;
population in 1801, 2,166, and in 1901,
1,958, of which 667 are in Port William
village, of which full particulars are given
under a separate heading.
Post Office, Mochrum ; George Donnan,
sub-postmaster. Letters received through
Port William R.S.O. Delivery, 10 a.m.;
dispatch, 4.30 p.m. Postal Orders are
issued here & paid. Port William is
the nearest money order & telegraph
office, 2 miles distant
Post & T. O. Elrig; Mrs. McDowall, post-
mistress. Letters received through Port
William R.S.O. Delivery, 9.30 a.m. ; dis-
patch, 11 a.m. Postal Orders are issued
& paid here. Port William is the nearest
money order office
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Henry H. Walker
Clerk & Inspector of Poor, John Jardine
Dunlop, Port William
Medical Officer, William McDowall Selby
M.B., CM. Port William
Registrar of Births &c. John 'Steven
Collector of Poor Rates, Charles M. Rout-
ledge, Port William
Established Church, Rev. John Owen Staf-
ford M.A
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman. Charles M. Routledge
Clerk & Treasurer, Peter Galloway
Board Schools: —
Culshabbin, Miss Bessie G. Stewart, mist
Elrig, Miss Mary Woodbridge, mistress
Mochrum, John Steven, master
Mochrum.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bute Marquess of, Old Place; & St. John's
lodge, Regents park NW
Maxwell Right Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace
bart. P.O., M.P., D.L., J.P. Monreith;
49 Lennox gardens S W & Carlton club,
London SW
Stafford Rev. John Owen (Established
Church), Mochrum manse
COMMERCIAL.
Cronie Agnes (Miss), grocer, Barrachan
Cronie Gavin, boot & shoe ma. Barrachan
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Dalrymple Ann (Miss), grocer, Kirk of
Mochrum
Galloway Peter, clerk to school board
Heron Andrew, innkeeper, Kirk of Mochrum
Millhinch Hugh, blacksmith
Neil William, joiner
Steven John, registrar of births, deaths &
marriages & schoolmaster
Thomson Jas. mason, Lochead of Mochrum
Walker Henry Herbertson, factor to the
Right Hon. Sir Herbert E. Maxwell bart.
M.P. Myrton cottage
FARMERS.
Anderson Andrew, Chillcarroch
Anderson Miss Grace, Barsalloch
Anderson Peter, Glentriploch
Barclay Robert, Glentriploch
Brown Thomas, Airylick
Charteris Mrs. High Clone
Clokie Andrew, Boghouse
Cronie John, part of Meikle Killantrae
Dalrymple John & James, Derrie
Dalrymple Mrs. Fellyennan
Dixon Mrs. Corwal
Davidson William, West Ban-
Edgar James(heirs of),Moormains & Dourie
Edgar Thomas, Drumskeog
Gaw W. (heirs of), Low Drumskeog
Gill Peter (heirs of), Carsduchan
Gillespie William, Barsalloch
Hannay William, Cornhullock
Litterick James, Landberrick
McCaig Samuel, Barrachan
McDowall Andrew, Chang
M'DowaH Andrew, High Milton
M'Dowall Robert, Auchengallie
M'Dowall William, Lochhead
McGill Alexander, Landberrick
M'Gill James, Carsauchan
McGill John, Ringheel
M'Keand John, Drumtrodden
M'Keand Peter, Airlies & Airyquhillart
M'Kenna Alexander, Clantibuies
M'Millan Gilbert, Glenling
M'Queen William, Airyolland & Low Milton
Mactier Robert, May
M'Tier William, Garchew
Mair John, Meikle Killantrae
Murray Mrs. Mary (heirs of), Skate
Robertson Donald, Craigeach
Routledge Thomas & Jas. Little Killantrae
Routledge William, Elrig
Scott William, Gledmein
Skimming Mrs. Mary, Crailloch
Wallace Samuel, Low Clone & Killantrae
Wright Hugh, Alticry
Young David, Druchtag
Young James, East Barr
Elrig".
Barr Alexander, joiner
Bickets John, grocer & joiner
Dickson Thomas, grocer & boot & shoe d!r
McCreadie Henry, grocer
Muir James, joiner
Smith James, boot & shoe maker
Stewart John, blacksmith
Templeton Jane (Mrs.), innkeeper
NEWTON STEWART is a thriving town,
a burgh of barony and police burgh,
principally in the parish of Penningham,
with a small portion on the opposite side of
the stream in the parish of Minnigaff,
Countv of Kirkcudbright. It is on the high
road from Dumfries to Portpatrick, and on
â– the right bank of the river Cree, here
crossed by a bridge of five arches, connect-
ing the two divisions of the town : and has
t> station on the Portpatrick and Wigtown-
shire railway, which is also the junction for
the line to Garlieston and Whithorn; the
town is 121 miles south-west from
Edinburgh, 82 south from Glasgow, 52 west
from Dumfries, 26 east from Stranraer and
8 north from Wigtown, and owes its
origin to a younger branch of the Stewarts,
Earls of Galloway, who possessed the estate
of Ca? tie-Stewart, and founded the village
upon it, to which they gave the name of
Newton Stewart. About the year 1778, the
estate fell into the hands of William Douglas
esq. of Carlingwark, who founded the town
of Castle-Douglas, when it was created a
bur.gh of'barony under the title of Newton-
Douglas, but it subsequently resumed its
original name. The town is principally
composed of one large street, in the centre
of which is the Town House, and is
governed by a provost, two bailies and
nine councillors. At the upper extremity
of. that- part- of the town in Minnigaff
parish, there is a large moat hill, where
David Graham, brother to the famous
John Graham, of . Claverhouse, Viscount
NEWTON STEWART.
Dundee, and superior of this district prior
to the Revolution, administered justice.
Works were completed in 1882 for pro-
viding water by gravitation, the source of
supply being the Coldstream burn, about 4
miles distant: about half way between the
intake at the burn and the town, a tank
and filter have been constructed, the former
having a capacity of 100,000 gallons ; the
cost of the works was upwards of £4,000.
Drainage works were carried out in 1899,
at a cost of £8,000. The Established
church is an elegant modern structure,
iind there are also United Free churches,
and a Roman Catholic church. The
Douglas Academy, founded by Samuel
Douglas esq. of Jamaica, and the Ewart
Institute, founded by James and John
Ewart, merchants of this district, are richly
endowed educational establishments, incor-
porated under the title of the Newton
Stewart Educational Trust. The Industrial
Home here, was founded by a few benevo-
lent ladies, for the support of about fifty
destitute and orphan girls. M'Millan Hall,
in the centre of the town, is a structure
in the Italian style, erected, in 1885, at a
cost of £5,000, which sum was left for
that purpose by the family from which the
hall derives its name, and who formerly
carried on business in Newton Stewart.
The Mechanics' Institute has a news-
room supplied with the leading newspapers
and periodicals, and a library containing
about 1,000 volumes. The staple com-
modity here at present is wool, which is
furnished from the surrounding country,
and mostly supplied to the Yorkshire
markets. The weekly market is held on
Friday; cattle markets are held on the
second Friday in every month, and the
annual hiring fairs are held on the second
Friday in April and October and the horse
fairs in February, June and November. The
British Linen Companv's Bank, the Na-
tional Bank of Scotland Limited, the
Clydesdale Bank Limited and the Commer-
cial Bank of Scotland Limited, have each
a branch here. The principal hotels are
the " Galloway Arms " and the " Crown."
A newspaper called the " Galloway Ga-
zette " is published here every Saturday.
A monument in the Gothic style was
erected here in 1875, at a cost of £1,000, to
Randolph, 9th Earl of Galloway, who died
at Galloway House, near Garlieston, 2 Jan,
1S73. The area of the burgh is 234 acres;
rateable value, £10,017 ; the population in
1891, 2,332, and of the town, 2,738; in
1901, of the burgh, 2,204, and 2,598 in the
town.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P.,
S. B. & A. & I. O. Newton Stewart;
James Hunter, postmaster. Deliveries,
7 a.m. & 5.15 & 8.5 p.m. ; dispatches,
4.30, 6 & 10.30 a.m. & 4 & 8.30 p.m
BURGH COUNCIL.
Provost, Earl of Galloway K.T
Bailies, James Hunter & Rev. R. Vignoles
Councillors, Nine