Gazetteer of Scotland

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ronial courts were held ; it is nearly
fiirrourided by the Lugar, and noted
for its romantic and p;e"turefque fcene-
ry. In this parifh alio flood the caf-
tle of Terraf'zeau.j the manfion of the
barony of that name, from which the
Countefs of Loudon takes the title of
Baronefs Terranzean. The popula-
tion of the pariSh of Old Cumnock,
as returned to Sir J. Sinclair in 179a,
was 1 63 %.
CUMNOCK (NEW) ; a parifli in
the county of Ayr. Its form is fome-
what of an oblong Square, 12 miles
long, and 8 broad. The general ap-
pearance is hilly, affording excellent
pasture for fheep ; but there are many
fpots of arable land, with an excellent
clay foil. The river Nith takes its
rife in the S. W. end, and runs through
the middle of the parifli. Be fides the
Nith, there are feveral lakes, which
are the fourcesof the rivers Lugar and
Afcon. There are various mines of
coal and lime? which well Supply the
neighbourhood. A lead mine was
lately opened on the barony of Afton,
which employs from 20 to 30 miners.
Near the church flood an old caftle,
now nearly demolifhed, which for ma-
ny centuries was the refidence of the
Dunbars of Mochrum. Population
in 1791, 1200.
CUPAR, or COUPAR of ANGUS ;
a confiderable town and parifli in the
valley of Strathmore, and though de-
signated in Angus, by far the greater
part is fituated in the county of Perth.
The tcwn is fituated on the Ifia, and
is divided by a rivulet into two parts ;
that part which lies S. of this rivulet
being all that belongs to the county
of Angus. The Streets are well paved
and lighted, and the town has much
improved of late years ; there is a
town-houfe and fteeple on the fpot
where the prifon of the court of re- j
gality flood. The linen manufacture |
is carried on to a considerable extent, I
nearly 2-00,000 yards of different kinds i
of cloth being annually ftamped here. I
There is alfq a confiderable tannery, j
and in the immediate neighbourhood j
,1 large bleachfield has been laid out. ;
The number of inhabitants in 1793,'
amounted to 1604. Cupar is distant
about 12 miles from Perth, and nearly ;
C ime diftance from Dundee. The
:'■ of '•- upar extends about 5 miles
gth from S. W. to N. E. and is j
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from 1 to a miles in breadth ; it is
divided lengthways by an elevated
ridge : a confiderable extent of haugh
ground lies on the banks of the Ifia,
which is frequently Swelled by the
rains, and lays nearly 600 acres under
water. The foil in general is a clayey
loam, but wherever the ground rifes
into eminences, a gravelly foil makes
its appearance ; the lands are moftly
enclofcd with thorn hedges, and agri-
culture is well attended to. Befides
the town of Cupar, there are feveral
villages, of which the largeft contains
about 100 inhabitants. There are ftill
visible at Cupar, the vefliges of a Ro-
man camp, laid to have been formed
by the army of Agritqla in his 7th ex-
pedition. On the center of this camp,
Malcolm IV. in 1104, founded and
richly endowed an abbey for Ciflertian
monks ; from what remains, it muft
have been a houfe of confiderable
magnitude. Population in 1793, in-
cluding the town of Cupar, 2081.
CUPAR, or COUPAR of FIFE ; a
royal burgh, and county town of Fife-
Shire; is beautifully Situated on the N.
bank of the Eden, nearly in the center
of the county ; it boafts of great anti-
quity ; the Thanes of Fife, from the
earlieft times of which any account
has been tranfmitted to us, held here
their courts of juftice ; and in the
rolls of parliament, aflembled in the
beginning of the reign of King David
II. may be Seen the names of commis-
sioners from the royal borough of Cu-
par. It is governed by a provoft, 3
bailies, a dean of guild, and 21 coun-
fellers. The revenue of the town a-
mounts to 430I. Sterling per annum.
Cupar has the appearance of a neat,
clean, well built, thriving town. The
Streets are well paved, and upwards
of one third of the town is newly built.
The church is a neat new building,
and the Spire is much admired for its
light and elegant appearance. Adjoin-
ing to the town-houfe, the gentlemen
of the county lately built a room for
county meetings, and other apart-
ments. The prifons are on the oppo-
site fide of the to\yn-houfe, and per-
haps yield to none in Scotland in point
of the meannefs, the filth, and the
wretchednefs of their accommoda-
tions. " How would the feelings of the
benevolent How art have been Shock-
ed, if, in his companionate tours, he.