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1428 NEWTON STEWART.
Mechanics' Institute (Thomas McKnaught,
librarian)
Milligan Joseph, spirit dlr.12 Dashwood sq
Mills Robert, boot maker, Queen street
Milne John P. photographer, Church street
Moffat Elizh. (Mrs.), plumber, china, glass
&c. dealer, 53 Victoria street
Moffatt James Johnson, plumber.Jubilee rd
Morison John, millwright, Queen street
Morton Alexander S. solicitor & notary
public & depute procurator fiscal for
lower district, 15 Victoria street; & at
Wigtown
Murchie & Picken, cycle manufacturers &
motor engineers, Victoria st. & Queen st
Murchie James, cycle maker & motor en-
gineer, 8 Victoria street & works, Mor-
tons lane
[Nut onal Bank of Scotland Limited (branch)
(Alexander Waugh, agent; John McGiU,
accountant), 38 & 40 Victoria street ; draw
on London office, 37 Nicholas lane E C,
iiank of England E C, Glyn, Mills, Car-
rie & Co. EC, Coutts & Co. WC, 4
Union of London & Smiths Bank Lim.
EC, London
Nelson John, saddler, Victoria street
Newton Stewart Auction Mart (David
Frew, proprietor), Queen street
Newton Stewart Bowling Club (Charles
Breckenridge, eec)
Newton Stewart District Horse Bleeding
Association (William Agnew, sec)
Newton Stewart & District Horticultural
Society (Alexander S. Morton, sec)
Newton Stewart & District Wine, Spirit &
Beer Trades' Association (John Stroyan,
see)
Newton Stewart Lawn Tennis Club (Andrew
M'Cormick, sec)
WIGTOWNSHIRE.
> T orrie Augusta (Mrs.), dress maker, 14
Victoria street
Park Richard, architect, Lynwood
Parker John Glen L.R.C.P. & S.Edin.,
L.F.P. & S.Glas. Albert street
Paul John, grocer, 74 Queen street
Penningham Curling Club (Wm.McConchie,
■ec»
Purdie William & Son, tanners & skinners,
Victoria lane
Purdie Agnes (Miss), confectioner, Victoria st
Purdie William, grocer & confr.12 Albert st
Reay William, watch maker & jeweller, 24
Albert street
Rigg Isabella (Mrs.), Crown hotel. 86
Queen street
Robertson James, draper & milliner, 40 &
42 Albert street
Robertson Margaret (Mrs.), grocer, 18
Princes street
Rowan & Borland, general drapers & tailors,
66 Victoria street
Shedden James, refreshment room keeper,
Dashwood square
Shines Samuel, cab proprietor, 81 Queen st
Simpson William, grocer, 53 Arthur street
Sisson Aaron, Queen's Arms P.H.Queen st
Sloan James, plumber, 28 Albert street
South Western (The) Brewery Co. Limited
(John Stroyan, sec), brewers, maltsters
& mineral water manufacturers
Starkie Alfred, music teacher. Albert st
Steven Robert, watch maker & jeweller, 45
Victoria street
Stewart William, fish & game dealer, 19
Victoria street & Queen st. ; & at Castle
street, Stranraer
Stroyan John, solicitor & notary, burgh
fiscal, bank & insur. agt. 20 Victoria st
[slater's
Tennant James, inspector of weights &
measures & dairies to the county council
of Wigtonshire, 29 Queen street
Thompson Henrietta (Mrs.), apartments,
Dashwood house
Thompson James, wine & spirit merchant,.
2 Victoria street
Thorburn William & James, cabinet makers-
& upholsterers, Queen street
Thorburn David, carter, Mansfield
Vernon Andrew, cabinet ma.Dashwood eq
Vernon James, cabinet maker & uphoU
sterer, 27 & 29 Albert street
Victoria Hall (South Western Brewery Co-
Limited, proprietors), Victoria street
Victoria Meat Depot, butchers, 2 7Victoria st
Wallace Bernetta (Mrs.), baby linen dealer,
41 Victoria street
Walsh Thomas, tobacconist, 16 Queen street
Waugh Alexander, solicitor & notary public,
factor, bank & insurance agent & collec-
tor of poor rates for Minnigaff, 38 & 40
Victoria street
Welsh Alex, cattle dealer, Dashwood square-
Welsh James, butcher, 6 Queen street
Welsh James, nurseryman, Princes street
Welsh Robert M'Farlane, insur. agt. Ivy pi
White Jeanie (Miss), shopkpr. Queen street
Whitehead William, teacher of music,
Beech wood
Wigtownshire (Lower District) Horse Breed-
ing Association (James Drew, chairman;
John Hewetson, sec)
Wilkie John P. chemist & druggist, Vic-
toria street & Albert street
Williamson & Brown, coach & carriage
builders, Queen street
Wilson Hugh, butcher, 79 Victoria street
Wilson Joseph, grocer, 80 Arthur street
Wyllie William, boot & shoe ma.Dashwood sq
PENNINGHAM (or Penntnghame) is
a parish in Wigtownshire poor combination
and Wigtown small debt court district; it
extends along the right bank of the river
Oree for about 15 miles, with a breadth of
from 3 to 5 miles, and is bounded by Wig-
town on the south and the river Bladenoch
on the west, which separates it from Kirk
cowan. The north of the town district is
moorish and uncultivated, and chiefly
adapted to pasture. Loch Ochiltree is in
this parish. About 3 miles to the north of
Newton Stewart are the remains of Castle-
Stewart, formerly belonging to a branch
of the Stewart family, Earls of Galloway,
but now the property of Mrs. Heron-Max-
well-Blair. (Merton Hall is the residence of
Mrs. Wason ; Corsbie House, of Col. Basil
Lloyd Anstruther, and Mochrum Park, of
Sir Uthred James Hay Dunbar bart. D.L.
Acreage, 33,364; rateable value, landward,
£14,720; bnrghal (Newton Stewart),
£9,411; population in 1891, 3,593; in 1901,
3,356, of which 2.204 are in Newton
Stewart burgh, which is principally in this
parish, a small portion being in the parish
of Minnigaff, in the county of Kirkcud-
bright. The population of the ecclesiasti-
cal parish in 1901 was 3,228.
Letters received through Newton Stewart
PARISH COUNCIL.
Office, 78 Victoria street.
Chairman, James Drew
Medical Officer, James Gibbons Dickson
M. D. Woodlee, Newton Stewart
Registrar of Births &c. Roderick M'Lean,
Newton Stewart
Inspector of Poor, Charles Breckenridge,
Newtnn Stewart
Collector of Poor Rates, Robert Carson, Vic-
toria street, Newton Stewart
Sanitary Inspector, James Brand, Newton
Stewart
Episcopalian Chnrch. Challoch, Rev. George
Edward Roberts B.A., C.C.C.Camb. New-
ton Stewart
PENNINGHAM & MINNIGAFF SCHOOL
BOARDS.
Office, 1 Victoria street.
Chairman, James Drew
Treasurer & Clerk, Robert Carson
Board School, Loudon, Miss Mary M.
Barnes, mistress
Board, Challoch, Miss Grace Stroyan, mist
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Anstruther Col. Basil Llovd, Corsbie house
Broadfoot Col. Archibald' C.B., R.A. Dun-
cree house
Drew Jas. J.P. (of Craigencallie),Doonhill
Dunbar Sir Uthred James Hay bart. D.L.
Mochrum park
GifEord Mrs. Auchendoon
McKinnon Mrs. Duncree house
Maxwell-Blair Mrs. Heron-, of Penningham
Wason Mrs. Merton hall
Watson Sheriff, Corstre West
COMMERCIAL.
Campbell William, joiner, Clachaneasy
Conville Jas. blacksmith, Barrachan croft
Crawford David, tile manufacturer, Corty
Drew James, factor to Earl of Galloway,
& insurance agent. Doonhill
Ersklne Samuel, blacksmith, Challoch
Ferguson Geo. veterinary surgn. Barnkirk
Finlay Robert, Snap inn, Knowe village
McCullum Neil, blacksmith, High Glassnick
Morison John, joiner, Challoch
Rennie Samuel, blacksmith, Causewayend
FARMERS.
Agnew JameB, Old hall
Agnew John, Barlanchan
Aitken Thomas, Eldrick
Broadfoot Alexander, High Glasnick
Brown David, Glenvernoch
Bruce Herbert, Penningham
Campbell Hy.Alex.Glenvazie & Greenknowe
Campbell Mrs. Mary, Threave
Curran Alex. Barstrostan
Doig William & James, Glenruther
Drew James, Nether Barr
Ferguson George, Barnkirk
Ferguson Robert, Muifhead
Frew David, Barrhill farm
Ferguson William, Culloch & Causewayend
Gordon Gilbert, Kirkcalla
Gordon John, Blackquarter
Graham Isabella, Knockbrex
Hannah Robert, Lurnoch
Hewetson John & Robt. Balterson & Clary
Hewetson Robert, Upper Barr
Hyslop Mrs. Elizabeth & John, Glesoch
Leggatt James, Park
Me A dam George, Blackpark
M'Clure Andrew, Bervennan
M'Conchie Andrew, Mains of Penningham
M'Oonnell William, Low Glasn'ck
M'Creath Thomas, Skaith
M'Geoch W. C. Burnean
M'Gill James & Son, Carse of Clary
M'Gill Andrew, Barsalloch
McGiU Dr. George, Challoch
M'Gill John, Grange of Cree
M'Harg James, Barbauhcany
M'Keand W. Moor Park of Barr
McKie Gilbert & Andrew, Drumtarlie
McMeikan John & Wm. Baird.Low Threave
M'Muldroch James & Peter, Beoch
M'Nairn William, Waterside
M'Nairn Samuel (heirs of), Meikle Eldrig
M'Nairn William, Glenvogie & Garchew
Matthews Andrew B. Knockstocks
Maxwell Samuel, Corsbie farm
Nicholson George, Grange
Paton William, Barrachan
Reid Peter, Barnlauchlan
Ross Samuel Milrov, Grange
Scott John & Thos". Baraaer & Culbrattan
Shaw D. B. Bnrskaith
Shennan A. B. Benfield
Stroyan John, Glenhapple
Thompson William, Palwhilly
Thomson John. Carsenstock
Wylie William, Barbauhcany
PORT LOGAN, see Kirkmaidex.
PORTPATRICK is a seaport town,.
burgh of barony, and a parish, on the Irish
Sea and on the west coast of the county,
in Wigtownshire poor combination and
Stranraer small debt court district. The
parish is about 5 miles in length from,
south-west to north-east, and 3 from north-
west to south-east, and is bounded by the-
parish of Leswalt on the north-west,
Inch on the north-ea8t, Stoneykirk on the
south-east, and the Irish Sea on the south-
west. Here is the terminus of the Port-
patrick and Wigtownshire railway, bj
which this place has communication, via
Girvan, with the north and west of Scot-
land, and via Castle Douglas and Dumfries,,
with the south of Scotland and England.
At Colfin, about 3 miles north-east from
Portpatrick, is a station on the Portpatrick
and Wigtownshire line. The port is 133 mile3
south-west from Edinburgh, 89 south-southt
west from Glasgow, between 34 and 35
west from Wigtown, the same distance
west-by-south from Newton Stewart, rather
more than 7 south-west from Stranraer, 117
from Dublin, 36 from Belfast and 21 frorA
Donaghadee (19 nautical), on the coast of
the North Channel. The town is small, but
is being greatly improved by the erection
of new houses and a large first-class hotel,
and the carrying out of an efficient system
of drainage and water supply ; its situa-
tion is delightful, having a fine southern
aspect, backed by a ridge of small hills,
and it is consequently a great resort for
visitors during the summer months. There
is a local golf club, which has a fine course
of 18 holes, and a club house. It was for-
merly, with the estate of Dunskey, the-
property of the Lords Montgomery, who re-
sided at the old castle of Dunskey, the re-
mains of which stand on the brink of- a'
precipice overhanging the sea. The pre-
sent Dunskey House is a modern residence-,,
with gabled ends, in the Scottish style,
and stands in beautiful grounds, 300 feet-
above the sea level, and commanding a?
magnificent view of the Irish Sea. About
1700 the Dunskey estate became the pro-
perty of the Blair family, whose heiress
married James Hunter esq. subsequently
created a baronet (1786), under the name-
of Hunter-Blair. The present owner is G-
L. Orr-Ewing esq. M.P., J.P. whose wife
is a grand-daughter of the late Sir Edward
Hunter-Blair bart. The quay is now almost
in ruins. Many years ago extensive and!
important improvements were made in the
harbour, under the auspices of the Govern-
ment and under the direction of 'Sir John?
Rennie, the engineer, for the accommoda-
tion of Her late Majesty's packets, and a
new basin of about 200 feet square was then
constructed, and connected with the hai>
Dour by means of a channel containing
ten feet of water at low tides. The town
is a lifeboat and rocket apparatus station.