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MARYWELL
leaving a large family, of which Richard was the eldest,
and Andrew Melville, the distinguished Keforiner, was
the youngest. James Melville was the younger son of
Eichard. In the 17th century two of his descendants
by the elder sou were successive lairds of Baldovie and
ministers of Maryton, viz., Richard (1613-1639) and
Andrew (1639-41). The brother of the latter, Patrick,
was probably the last laird ; he was served heir in 1642 ;
and he was one of the followers who accompanied the
Marquis of Montrose in his exile. The next parish
minister was John Lammie (1642-1673), who was tutor
and servitor of the Marquis of Montrose. When the
house of Old Montrose was searched for ' wreitis ' to
serve as evidence, ' they took to Edinburgh with thame
also the erllis secretar, callit Lamby (the minister), to
try what he kend.' The bell of the church is dated
1642, and that is understood to be the date of the
erection of the previous church. An aisle of the old
church was the burying-place of the "Wood family, and
the church contained a monument, which has been
transferred to the present one, to David Lindsay (1673-
1706), minister of the parish. The present church,
built in 1792, is a plain but neat structure, the walls
covered with ivy, and a well-kept graveyard surrounding
it. It has been renewed in the internal arrangements
more than once, the last occasion being 18S3, when the
area was fitted with handsome and substantial pews.
Stipend, £205 ; manse, £25 ; and glebe, £24. There is
a Free church at Barnhead, a handsome building with a
fine exposure, which serves for the parishes of Maryton,
Dun, and Farnell. Stipend, £198 ; and manse, £25.
The public school is a commodious building, with a
handsome and convenient schoolmaster's house in im-
mediate proximity. The average number of scholars
on the roll is 75, and in actual attendance 60. For a
series of years the average Government grant has
amounted to £64. The valuation in 1857 was £5245 ;
in 1881, £6079 ; and in 1884, £5800, plus £899 for
railway. Pop. (1755) 633, (1801) 596, (1831) 419,
(1861) 417, (1871) 396, (1881) 339. See Maryton
Bccords of the Past, by Eev. William R. Fraser, M.A.
(Montrose, 1877).
Marywell, a village in St Vigeans parish, Forfarshire,
2 miles N" of Arbroath.
Mashie Water, a rivulet of Laggan parish, Inverness-
shire, rising at an altitude of 2650 feet, within 1 mile
of the NW shore of Loch Ericht, and running 9| miles
north-by-eastward, till, after a total descent of 1825
feet, it falls into the Spey at a point 74 furlongs above
Laggan Bridge. On 28 Aug. 1847 the Queen and
Prince Albert drove from Ardverikie to the small farm
of Strathmashie, where Col. Macpherson was then living.
~Ord. Siir., sh. 63, 1873.
MasonhaU, a viUage of NW Fife, 4 miles WSW of
Strathmiglo.
Masterton, a village in Dunfermline parish, Fife, 2 J
mUes N!SW of Inverkeithing. Standing high, it coin"^
mands a fine view over the waters and screens of the
Firth of Forth, and has a hospital for poor widows,
foimded and endowed in 1676 by Sir Henry Wardlaw of
Pitreavie.
Mattocks, a village in Monifieth parish, Forfarshire,
6J mUes XE of Dundee.
Mauchline (anciently MacMein, MacTiletie. or Ifagh-
line, Gael. magh-linTic, ' plain with the pool '), a town
and a parish nearly in the centre of Kyle district, Ayr-
shire. The to^^'Tl stands, 460 feet above sea-level, on
the Glasgow and Dumfries high-road, 1| mUe N of the
river Ayr and J mile N of Mauchline Junction on the
Glasgow and South-Western railway, this being 6 J miles
NW of Cumnock, llj ENE of Ayr, 9| SSE of KUmar-
nock, and 33J S by W of Glasgow. Mauchline is built
on a southward slope, in the midst of a highly cultivated
country, which, abounding in springs, must at one time
have presented the appearance indicated in its name. It
has a neat and pleasant appearance, and looks busy and
prosperous in proportion to the number of its inhabitants.
There are no principal buildings in the usual sense of the
term. The barn-like edifice which served as the church
BIAUCHLINE
in Burns's time was replaced in 1829 by the present
building. This, occupying a site in the centre of the
town, rises from the churchyard, round which crowd
many old houses, and it is considered to be one of the
handsomest churches in Ayrshire. Mainly Gothic in
style, it is built of red sandstone, and has at its eastern
end a tower, 90 feet high, surmounted with turrets. It
has sittings for about 1100 persons ; and an organ was
introduced in 1882. Its predecessor, well known as the
scene of Burns's Holy Fan; stood for six centuries on
the same site. In May 1884 both the Free church and
the United Presbyterian church were about to be rebuUt.
The schools under the school board are noted in connec-
tion with the parish. The New Educational Institirtion,
founded and endowed in 1847 by the late James Stewart,
Esq., is not under the board. Of its scholars 60 are
educated gratis, and the remainder pay fees. It is con-
ducted by two masters, with salaries respectively of £40
and £20, and one female teacher with a salary of £20.
A monument, placed in 1830 on the public green at the
town-head of Mauchline, marks tlie spot where five
Covenanters were executed and buried in 1685, during
the reign of James VII. The folloOTUg lines were trans-
ferred to it from the original tombstone which it re-
placed : —
' Bloody Dumbarton, Douglas, and Dundee,
Moved by the devil, and the Laird of Lee,
Dragged" these five men to death with gun and sword.
Not suffering tliem to pray nor read God's word ;
Ott-ning the worlv of God was all tiieir crime.
The Eighty-five was a saint-kiUing time.'
A fine new cemetery has recently been opened near the
scene of the brush between Middleton's troopers and the
Clydesdale yeomen in 1648. The town has a post ofiice,
with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph depart-
ments, a public library, an office of the Commercial Bank,
agencies of 5 insurance companies, a gas-light company,
2 hotels, a temperance hall, and various other institutions
and associations. It carries on extensive manufactures
of wooden snuff-boxes, cigar-cases, card-cases, orna-
ments, and knick-knacks of various kinds in white
varnished or tartan-painted wood. The trade began
at Cumnock with the fine hinge of the snuff-box, but it
was afterwards much extended and developed by the
introduction of the painting, and it now occupies three
firms at Mauchline, carrying on a large and far-reaching
trade. This town has for a very long period been noted
as a market for cattle and horses. Fairs formerly
were held for cows, horses, and hiring, on the first
Thursday after 4 Feb. ; for general business and races,
on the second Thursday of April ; for cows and horses,
on the first Wednesday after 18 May, the fourth
Wednesday of June, the first Thursday after 4 Nov.,
and the fourth Wednesday of December ; for cows, horses,
and shearers, on the first Wednesday of August ; and for
cows, horses, ewes, and lambs, on 26 Sept. and the first
Thursday thereafter. An omnibus plies to Catrine (2
niUes) twice daily, except Sunday. A carrier goes to
Glasgow and back on Tuesday and Friday ; to Kilmar-
nock and Catrine on the same days ; and to Catrine
and Ayr on Tuesday.
JIauchline was created a free burgh of barony by
charter of James IV. in 1510, and so remained till after
the Reformation. In 1606, along with other lands and
lordships, it passed bj' Act of Parliament into the hands
of Hugh, Lord of Loudoun, on which occasion Mauchline
received another charter creating it a free burgh of
barony, with a weekly market and two fairs yearly.
This, however, was unfortunately lost in the conflagra-
tion of the Register Ofiice at Edinburgh towards the
beginning of the ISth century ; and the village has not
reacquired power to elect its own magistrates. Its
affairs are managed by justices of the peace. Pop. of
the village (1831) 1364, (1861) 1414, (1871) 1574, (1881)
1616, of whom 751 were males. Houses (1881), occupied
372, vacant 16, building 5.
The civil history of Mauchline has been carried so far
back as 681, when an invasion of Cruithne from Ireland
11
leaving a large family, of which Richard was the eldest,
and Andrew Melville, the distinguished Keforiner, was
the youngest. James Melville was the younger son of
Eichard. In the 17th century two of his descendants
by the elder sou were successive lairds of Baldovie and
ministers of Maryton, viz., Richard (1613-1639) and
Andrew (1639-41). The brother of the latter, Patrick,
was probably the last laird ; he was served heir in 1642 ;
and he was one of the followers who accompanied the
Marquis of Montrose in his exile. The next parish
minister was John Lammie (1642-1673), who was tutor
and servitor of the Marquis of Montrose. When the
house of Old Montrose was searched for ' wreitis ' to
serve as evidence, ' they took to Edinburgh with thame
also the erllis secretar, callit Lamby (the minister), to
try what he kend.' The bell of the church is dated
1642, and that is understood to be the date of the
erection of the previous church. An aisle of the old
church was the burying-place of the "Wood family, and
the church contained a monument, which has been
transferred to the present one, to David Lindsay (1673-
1706), minister of the parish. The present church,
built in 1792, is a plain but neat structure, the walls
covered with ivy, and a well-kept graveyard surrounding
it. It has been renewed in the internal arrangements
more than once, the last occasion being 18S3, when the
area was fitted with handsome and substantial pews.
Stipend, £205 ; manse, £25 ; and glebe, £24. There is
a Free church at Barnhead, a handsome building with a
fine exposure, which serves for the parishes of Maryton,
Dun, and Farnell. Stipend, £198 ; and manse, £25.
The public school is a commodious building, with a
handsome and convenient schoolmaster's house in im-
mediate proximity. The average number of scholars
on the roll is 75, and in actual attendance 60. For a
series of years the average Government grant has
amounted to £64. The valuation in 1857 was £5245 ;
in 1881, £6079 ; and in 1884, £5800, plus £899 for
railway. Pop. (1755) 633, (1801) 596, (1831) 419,
(1861) 417, (1871) 396, (1881) 339. See Maryton
Bccords of the Past, by Eev. William R. Fraser, M.A.
(Montrose, 1877).
Marywell, a village in St Vigeans parish, Forfarshire,
2 miles N" of Arbroath.
Mashie Water, a rivulet of Laggan parish, Inverness-
shire, rising at an altitude of 2650 feet, within 1 mile
of the NW shore of Loch Ericht, and running 9| miles
north-by-eastward, till, after a total descent of 1825
feet, it falls into the Spey at a point 74 furlongs above
Laggan Bridge. On 28 Aug. 1847 the Queen and
Prince Albert drove from Ardverikie to the small farm
of Strathmashie, where Col. Macpherson was then living.
~Ord. Siir., sh. 63, 1873.
MasonhaU, a viUage of NW Fife, 4 miles WSW of
Strathmiglo.
Masterton, a village in Dunfermline parish, Fife, 2 J
mUes N!SW of Inverkeithing. Standing high, it coin"^
mands a fine view over the waters and screens of the
Firth of Forth, and has a hospital for poor widows,
foimded and endowed in 1676 by Sir Henry Wardlaw of
Pitreavie.
Mattocks, a village in Monifieth parish, Forfarshire,
6J mUes XE of Dundee.
Mauchline (anciently MacMein, MacTiletie. or Ifagh-
line, Gael. magh-linTic, ' plain with the pool '), a town
and a parish nearly in the centre of Kyle district, Ayr-
shire. The to^^'Tl stands, 460 feet above sea-level, on
the Glasgow and Dumfries high-road, 1| mUe N of the
river Ayr and J mile N of Mauchline Junction on the
Glasgow and South-Western railway, this being 6 J miles
NW of Cumnock, llj ENE of Ayr, 9| SSE of KUmar-
nock, and 33J S by W of Glasgow. Mauchline is built
on a southward slope, in the midst of a highly cultivated
country, which, abounding in springs, must at one time
have presented the appearance indicated in its name. It
has a neat and pleasant appearance, and looks busy and
prosperous in proportion to the number of its inhabitants.
There are no principal buildings in the usual sense of the
term. The barn-like edifice which served as the church
BIAUCHLINE
in Burns's time was replaced in 1829 by the present
building. This, occupying a site in the centre of the
town, rises from the churchyard, round which crowd
many old houses, and it is considered to be one of the
handsomest churches in Ayrshire. Mainly Gothic in
style, it is built of red sandstone, and has at its eastern
end a tower, 90 feet high, surmounted with turrets. It
has sittings for about 1100 persons ; and an organ was
introduced in 1882. Its predecessor, well known as the
scene of Burns's Holy Fan; stood for six centuries on
the same site. In May 1884 both the Free church and
the United Presbyterian church were about to be rebuUt.
The schools under the school board are noted in connec-
tion with the parish. The New Educational Institirtion,
founded and endowed in 1847 by the late James Stewart,
Esq., is not under the board. Of its scholars 60 are
educated gratis, and the remainder pay fees. It is con-
ducted by two masters, with salaries respectively of £40
and £20, and one female teacher with a salary of £20.
A monument, placed in 1830 on the public green at the
town-head of Mauchline, marks tlie spot where five
Covenanters were executed and buried in 1685, during
the reign of James VII. The folloOTUg lines were trans-
ferred to it from the original tombstone which it re-
placed : —
' Bloody Dumbarton, Douglas, and Dundee,
Moved by the devil, and the Laird of Lee,
Dragged" these five men to death with gun and sword.
Not suffering tliem to pray nor read God's word ;
Ott-ning the worlv of God was all tiieir crime.
The Eighty-five was a saint-kiUing time.'
A fine new cemetery has recently been opened near the
scene of the brush between Middleton's troopers and the
Clydesdale yeomen in 1648. The town has a post ofiice,
with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph depart-
ments, a public library, an office of the Commercial Bank,
agencies of 5 insurance companies, a gas-light company,
2 hotels, a temperance hall, and various other institutions
and associations. It carries on extensive manufactures
of wooden snuff-boxes, cigar-cases, card-cases, orna-
ments, and knick-knacks of various kinds in white
varnished or tartan-painted wood. The trade began
at Cumnock with the fine hinge of the snuff-box, but it
was afterwards much extended and developed by the
introduction of the painting, and it now occupies three
firms at Mauchline, carrying on a large and far-reaching
trade. This town has for a very long period been noted
as a market for cattle and horses. Fairs formerly
were held for cows, horses, and hiring, on the first
Thursday after 4 Feb. ; for general business and races,
on the second Thursday of April ; for cows and horses,
on the first Wednesday after 18 May, the fourth
Wednesday of June, the first Thursday after 4 Nov.,
and the fourth Wednesday of December ; for cows, horses,
and shearers, on the first Wednesday of August ; and for
cows, horses, ewes, and lambs, on 26 Sept. and the first
Thursday thereafter. An omnibus plies to Catrine (2
niUes) twice daily, except Sunday. A carrier goes to
Glasgow and back on Tuesday and Friday ; to Kilmar-
nock and Catrine on the same days ; and to Catrine
and Ayr on Tuesday.
JIauchline was created a free burgh of barony by
charter of James IV. in 1510, and so remained till after
the Reformation. In 1606, along with other lands and
lordships, it passed bj' Act of Parliament into the hands
of Hugh, Lord of Loudoun, on which occasion Mauchline
received another charter creating it a free burgh of
barony, with a weekly market and two fairs yearly.
This, however, was unfortunately lost in the conflagra-
tion of the Register Ofiice at Edinburgh towards the
beginning of the ISth century ; and the village has not
reacquired power to elect its own magistrates. Its
affairs are managed by justices of the peace. Pop. of
the village (1831) 1364, (1861) 1414, (1871) 1574, (1881)
1616, of whom 751 were males. Houses (1881), occupied
372, vacant 16, building 5.
The civil history of Mauchline has been carried so far
back as 681, when an invasion of Cruithne from Ireland
11
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