Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 1

CHISHOLM
CLACHAN
doorway. A fair, of trifling importance, falls on the
last Thursday of November. Pop. (1861) 901, (1871)
852, (1881) 939.
The parish, containing also the hamlet of Edington,
2 miles E by S, is bounded N by Coldingham, E by
Ayton and Foulden, S by Hntton and Edrom, and W
by Bunkle. It has an utmost length from E to W of
3| miles, an utmost breadth from N to S of 8J miles,
and an area of 5594 acres, of which 16 J are water.
Whitadder Water, winding 6J miles eastward, roughly
traces all the southern boundary ; whilst its affluent,
Billymire Burn, rises in the SW corner of the parish,
and, first striking 1 J mile ENE, next flows 2 miles WSW
along the northern, and If mile S by W along the
western, border. The surface sinks in the extreme SE
to a little below 100 feet above sea-level, and rises thence
in a long north-westerly ridge to 244 feet near Oxward
and 466 on Chimside Hill, which culminates 5 furlongs
ENE of the village. The soil almost everywhere is very
fertile ; and, with the exception of some 370 acres of
plantation and 88 of roads and railway, the entire area
is in a high state of cultivation. Ninewells woollen
factory, an extensive paper-mill (1841) at Chimside
Bridge, and Edington saw-mills, also furnish employ-
ment. Maines and Ninewells, the latter interesting
from its connection with the two David Humes, are the
chief mansions ; and 5 proprietors hold each an annual
value of £500 and upwards, 7 of from £50 to £100, and
10 of from £20 to £50. Among former ministers were
Henry Erskine (1624-96), grandsire of the Secession, to
whom a monument, 25 feet high, was erected in the
churchyard in 1826 ; and William Anderson, D.D. (d.
1800), the author of three ponderous histories. Chim-
side is the seat of a presbytery in the synod of Merse
and Teviotdale ; the living is worth £399. A public
school at the village and Ninewells Church of Scotland
school, with respective accommodation for 170 and
60 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 168
and 31, and grants of £141, 19s. 8d. and £25, 6s. Val-
uation (1880) £13,226, 6s. Pop. (1801) 1147, (1831)
1248, (1861)1502, (1871)1413, (1881)1516.— Ord. Stir.,
sh. 34, 1864.
The presbytery of Chimside comprises the old parishes
of Chimside, Ayton, Coldingham, Coldstream, Edrom,
Eyemouth, Eouldeu, Hutton, Ladykirk, Mordington,
Swinton, and Whitsome, with the quoad sacra parish
ofHoundwood. Pop. (1871) 17,019, (1881) 18,337, of
whom 3696 were communicants of the Church of Scot-
land in 1878, the sums raised that year by the above
13 congregations in Christian liberality amounting to
£1112. A Free Church presbytery is designated of
Dunse and Chimside.
Chishofm, an estate, with a modern mansion, in Rob-
berton parish, W Roxburghshire, near the right bank of
Borthwick Water, 7| miles WSW of Hawick.
Chisholm, an estate in Kilmorack and Kiltarlity par-
ishes, Nff Inverness-shire. It comprises about 900
acres of arable land in Kilmorack, and 750 in Kiltarlity,
besides a vast extent of woodland, mountain pasture, and
picturesque highland scenery. Its principal seat is
Ehohless Castle, and it has also a romantic shooting-
lodge on Loch Affric. A mountain defile in it bears
the name of Ohisholm's Pass, and forms the entrance to
Strathaffric. The ascent to it commands north-east-
ward, or behind, a noble vista of Strathglass, and in
front overlooks a wooded, rocky, impetuous reach of the
river Affric, with several cascades from 10 to 30 feet
high ; the pass itself is successively a rapid ascent
and a level reach, and exhibits, on a grand scale, a
wealth and multitude of features similar to those of
Rothieniurelms, Killiecrankie, and the Trossachs. — Ord.
Mr. , shs. 72, 73, 1S80-78.
Choaric or An Corr-eilean, an islet of Durness
parish, NW Sutherland, in Loch Eriboll, 2J miles from
its head. Extending from NNE to'SSW, it has an ex-
treme length and breadth of f mile and If furlong, ex-
elusive of foreshore ; it rises 74 feet above sea-level, is
green and fertile, and contains an ancient disused bury-
Choin, Loch. See Blair Athole.
Chon, a lonely loch in Aberfoyle parish, SW Perth-
shire, 7 miles WWW of Aberfoyle hamlet, 7 ESE of In-
versnaid, and 1J- mile S of the upper waters of Loch
Katrine. Lying 290 feet above sea-sevel, it has an ut-
most length from MW to SSE of 1| mile, whilst its
width varies between If and 3 furlongs. The Avondhu,
or northern head-stream of the Forth, flows through it
to Loch Ard ; mid-way along its eastern shore are three
little islets, on which there was formerly a heronry ; and
around it rise Caisteal Corrach (1075 feet) and Stron
Lochie (1643), backed by Ben Venue (2393), and Beinn
TJaimhe (1962), Beinn Dubh (1675), and Mulan an't-
Sagairt (1398), backed by Ben Lomond (3192). Its
shores are clothed with natural copsewood ; and its
waters abound with trout, averaging f lb. The western
shore is closely skirted by the Loch Katrine Aqueduct
of the Glasgow waterworks ; and during its construction
a temporary village, Sebastopol, arose near the head of
the loch.— Ord Sur., sh. 38, 1871.
Christ's Kirk or Rathmuriel, an ancient parish now
forming the eastern portion of Kennethmont parish, W
Aberdeenshire. The church, 1J mile WSW of Insch
station, is in ruins ; but its graveyard is still in use.
On a green here was formerly held an annual fair on a
night in the month of May, Christ's Fair or Sleepy
Market, which by some antiquaries is supposed to be the
theme of the famous poem of Chryst's Kirk on the Greiie,
commonly ascribed to James I. Christ's Kirk Hill (1021
feet) is on the E border of the parish, overhanging the
rivulet Shevock, and is divided only by the narrow
valley of that stream from the abrupt isolated hill of
Dunnideer (876 feet) in Insch.
Chroisg, Loch. See Rosque.
Chryston, a village and a quoad sacra parish in the E
of Cadder parish, KW Lanarkshire. The village stands
near the Monkland and Kirkintilloch railway, 1\ mileNE
of Garnkirk station, 2J miles ESE of Lenzie Junction, and
7 NE by E of Glasgow, under which it has a post office.
At it are an inn, a beautiful Established church (1878;
800 sittings) with a fine spire, a Free church (1853), and
two burying-grounds, in one of which is a neat granite
monument to a native of Chryston, the weaver-poet
Walter Watson (1780-1854). A public school, with ac-
commodation for 450 children, had (1880) an average at-
tendance of 255, and a grant of £249, 16s. 6d. The quoad
sacra parish, constituted in 1834, and re-constituted in
1869, is in the presbytery of Glasgowand synod of Glasgow
and Ayr. Pop. of village (1861) 582, (1S71) 486, (1881)
464 ; of q. s. parish (1841) 2670, (1871) 3203, (1881) 3240.
Chuinneag, Loch. See Charnac.
Cilla-Chuimein. See Augustus, Fort.
Cilliechrist. See Kilohrist.
Cir Vohr. See Arran.
Clachaeharridh. See Nigg.
Claehaig, a hamlet in Dunoon parish, Cowal, Argyll-
shire, 3J miles WISTW of Sandbank. It has a post office
under Greenock and an inn ; and near it are the Clyde
powder-mills.
Claohan (Gael. ' a stone '), a village in Kilcalmonell
parish, Argyllshire, near the NW coast of Kintyre, 7f
miles NNE of Tayinloan. At it are a post office under
Greenock, Kilcalmonell parish and Free churches, and
a public school ; whilst just to the E is Ballinakill
House.
Clachan or Loch a' Chlachain, a lake in Daviot and
Dunlichity palish, Inverness-shire, 8J miles S of Inver-
ness. Lying 683 feet above sea-level, it has an utmost
length and breadth of J and J mile, receives one stream
from Loch Duntelchaig, and sends off another to the
Nairn. Its splendid trout-fishing has been much spoiled.
Clachan, a village in Kilmorich parish, N Cowal,
Argyllshire, at the head of Loch Fyne, 8 miles NE of
Inverary.
Clachan, a sound or strait between Seil island and the
mainland of Lorn, Argyllshire. It resembles the Kyles
of Bute, but is narrower, more diversified, and more
richly picturesque ; and it is spanned, at the narrowest
part, by a one-arch bridge.
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