Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 6

ST MADOES
Revolution the two offices were held by the same per-
son ; and from that time till 1836, first the principal of
St Leonard's, and thereafter of the United College, was
always a clergyman and minister of this parish. St
Leonards is in the presbytery of St Andrews and the
synod of Fife, and the living is worth £315 a year.
The chapel of St Salvator's College has been used as the
parish church for more than a century, and was legally
annexed to the parish in 1843. Valuation (1856) £859,
7s., (1875) £1660, 16s. 3d., (1885) £1377, 10s. lid.
Pop. (1801) 363, (1831) 482, (1861) 513, (1871) 741, (1881)
769, of whom 436 were females. — Ord. Stir., shs. 49, 41,
1865-57.
St Madoes, a small parish at the W end of the Carse
of Gowrie, Perthshire, adjoining, at its north-western
boundary, Glbnoaese station on the Caledonian rail-
way, 15J miles WSW of Dundee and 6 E by S of the
post-town, Perth. It is bounded NW by Kinfauns, NE
by Errol, S by the Firth of Tay, and "W by the Inchyra
section of Kinnoull. Its utmost length, from N to S,
is 1 J mile ; its utmost breadth, from E to "W, is 1§ mile ;
and its area is 1417J acres, of which 153J are foreshore
and 104J water. The Firth of Tay, which curves along
the southern border for If mile, broadens eastward from
J to 1 mile, but at its widest is divided by Mugdrum
island into the North and the South Deep. The shore
is fringed by three old sea-margins, 3, 9, and 14 feet
above the level of the Tay ; and, beyond, the surface
rises gently to a maximum altitude of 71 feet nearDum-
green. Old Red Sandstone is the predominant rock,
and has been quarried at Cottown. The soil, a deep
strong clay near the Tay, on the higher grounds is a
rich brown loam. Excepting about 30 acres of planta-
tion, 76 of permanent pasture, and 68 in the policy of
Pitfour Castle, the entire area is constantly in tillage.
A large brickwork employs about 60 people. Near the
eastern boundary is the ' Hawk's Stane ' referred to
under Luncakty ; in the Pitfour policy are remains of
a stone circle, with cup-markings ; and in the church-
yard is an elaborately sculptured stone, 7 feet long, and
3 to 2J feet broad. Alexander Lindsay, Bishop of
Dunkeld, was minister from 1591 till his death in
1639. Pitfouk Castle, noticed separately, is the only
mansion ; and Sir J. T. Stewart-Richardson, Bart. , is
almost the sole proprietor. St Madoes is in the pres-
bytery of Perth and the synod of Perth and Stirling ;
the living is worth £247, i with a manse and a glebe of
£80 value per annum. The parish church, near Glen-
carse station, was built in 1798, and contains 410 sittings.
The public school, with accommodation for 114 children,
had (1884) an average attendance of 85, and a grant of
£74, Is. lOd. Valuation (1860) £3980, 8s. 10d., (1885)
£5297, 13s. lOd. Pop. (1801) 295, (1831) 327, (1861)
280, (1871) 290, (1881) 316.— Ord Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
St Magnus Bay, a spacious bay on the W coast of the
mainland of Shetland. It measures 12§ miles across
the entrance, expands to 14 miles, and indents the land
to a depth of 13g miles. It enters between the head-
lands of Esha Ness on the N and the Ness of Melby on
the S ; but has in its mouth, 1 mile from the latter,
the island of Papa-Stour ; so that it is reduced at the
entrance to an open channel only 9J miles broad.
Around its inner verge are the islets of Vemantry,
Meikle Roe, Papa Little, and Linga, besides various
holms and skerries ; and projecting from it into the
land are various bays or voes, which contain safe and
excellent anchorage for any number of vessels of any
burthen— particularly Ura Firth, Olna Firth Voe, Gon
Firth, and Aith Voe.
St Margaret's Hope, a harbour and a post-office
village in the island of South Ronaldshay, Orkney.
The harbour is a small bay, projecting into the middle
of the N coast of the island, and opening into the sound
which separates South Ronaldshay from Burray. It is
one of the safest and best harbours for small vessels in
the kingdom. A fishery here, which drew regular visits
from London lobster smacks, and engaged the capital of
different English companies, was, for many years, the
only regular fishery in Orkney. The village, standing
ST MARY'S ISLE
at the head of the harbour, 13 miles S of Kirkwall, is
the seat of an industrious population, chiefly engaged in
fisheries. It has a post office under Kirkwall, with
money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments,
a branch of the Union Bank, and a good inn. Pop.
(1861) 260, (1871) 363, (1881) 412.
St Martins, a parish in the Strathmore district of
Perthshire, containing Guildtown village, 6 miles N by
E of Perth, under which it has a post office. Since the
close of the 17th century it has comprised the ancient
parish of Cambusmichael ; and it is bounded N by
Cargill, NE by Collace and the Bandirran section of
Kettins in Forfarshire (detached), SE by Kilspindie
and the Balbeggie section of Kinnoull, S by Scone, W
by Redgorton, and NW by Auchtergaven. Its utmost
length, from W by N to E by S, is 5f miles ; its utmost
breadth is 3f miles ; and its area is 6565 acres.
The Tay, here a splendid salmon river, curves 2j
miles south-south-westward along all the Auchtergaven
and Redgorton boundary, and past the village of Stanley.
Beside it the surface declines to less than 200 feet above
sea-level ; and thence it rises to 239 feet near Guild-
town, 453 near Newlands, 413 near Cairnbeddie, 397
near Rosemount, and 424 near East Melginch. Thus,
although neither flat nor hilly, it rises considerably
above the Tay, and is much diversified by depressions
and rising grounds. Plantations are extensive enough
to give a warm appearance to the interior ; and copse-
woods fringe the margin of the river. The soil in
general is a black mould, incumbent on till, and much
improved by art ; whilst towards the river it is naturally
good and fertile. Freestone abounds, and has been
largely quarried. Limestone and rock-marl also occur.
One still may trace a Roman road leading north-north-
eastward from the ancient Bertha towards the parish of
Cargill. There are vestiges of several stone-circles ; and
one most interesting antiquity has been noticed in our
article Cairnbeddie. The church of St Martins
anciently lay within the diocese of Dunkeld, and was a
mensal church of the abbey of Holyrood. The church of
Cambusmichael — still indicated by its ruins beside the
Tay, on a low plain of the class which Gaelic calls
cambus — was included in the diocese of St Andrews, and
belonged to the abbacy of Scone. The principal mansion,
St Martins Abbey, 5 miles NNE of Perth, is the seat of
the chief proprietor, "William Macdonald Macdonald,
Esq. (b. 1822 ; sue. his cousin, 1841), the only son of
Gen. Farquharson, who holds 22,600 acres in Perthshire
and 2801 in Forfarshire, valued at £9192 and £5617
per aunum, and who claims the chieftainship of the
Colquhouns. The estate, originally called the Kirk-
lands, was purchased by Wm. Macdonald, "W.S., of
Eanachan (1732-1814), a founder of the Highland and
Agricultural Society ; and by him the mansion was
erected towards the close of last century. A massive
and commodious building, it has been greatly enlarged
and adorned by the present proprietor ; and its beauti-
ful grounds and policies were planned and laid out
about 1858 by Mr Craiggie-Halket, the celebrated land-
scape gardener. In Sept. 1884 Mr Gladstone visited
Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., M.D., at St Martins Abbey.
(See chap. xlii. of T. Hunter's Woods and Estates of
Perthshire, Perth, 1883.) St Martins is in the presby-
tery of Perth and the synod of Perth and Stirling ; the
living is worth £259. The parish church is a handsome
and commodious edifice of 1842. Guildtown public
school, with accommodation for 125 children, had (18S4)
an average attendance of 62, and a grant of £42, 18s. 7d.
Valuation (1860) £7296, 5s. 3d., (1885) £8754, 13s. 5d.
Pop. (1801) 1136, (1831) 1135, (1861) 904, (1871) 735,
(1881) 741.— Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
St Mary's. See Ronaldshay, South.
St Mary's Holm, a place on the S coast of Holm
parish, Orkney, 7 miles S by E of Kirkwall, under which
it has a post office, with money order, savings' bank,
and telegraph departments.
St Mary's Isle, the seat of the Earl of Selkirk, in
Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 1J mile SSW
of the town, from which it is approached by a long lime-
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