Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland

PANHOPE
SO and 225, and grants amounting to over £22 and £230.
Valuation (1884) £11,711, 13s. (1893) £12,743, plus
£1941 for railway. Pop. (1801) 1588, (1831) 1268,
(1861) 1299, (1871) 1331, (1881) 1395, (1891) 1741, of
whom 909 were in Newton of Panbride and West Haven ;
of ecclesiastical parish (1891) 1625. — Ord. Sur., sh. 49,
1865.
Panhope, a bay on the E side of Flotta island,
Orkney. Looking towards Burray island, it enters
from the SE of Scapa Flow; penetrates 1£ mile west-
south-westward, with a mean breadth of from 7 to 2
furlongs; forms an excellent natural harbour or 'hope;'
and took the prefix of its name from a salt-pan formerly
worked on its shores.
Panmure House, a seat of the Earl of Dalhousie, in
Panbride parish, Forfarshire, 4A miles N¥. of Car-
noustie. Standing 350 feet above sea-level, and sur-
rounded by beautiful gardens and policies, 550 acres in
extent, it commands a fine prospect, especially to the S
and the E. In 1852-55 it was almost rebuilt from
designs by the late David Bryce, R.S. A., of Edinburgh,
and now is a spacious and stately edifice in the French
Renaissance style of architecture. Near it are the
foundations of an ancient castle, long the seat of the
Barons of Panmure. That barony was acquired by
marriage about the year 1224 by Sir Peter de Maule,
whose thirteenth descendant in 1646 was raised to the
Scottish peerage as Baron Maule of Brechin and Navar
and Earl of Panmure. Both titles were forfeited by
the fourth Earl for his share in the '15; but that of
Baron Panmure, in the peerage of the United Kingdom,
was conferred in 1831 on his great-great-nephew, the
second son of the eighth Earl of Dalhousie; and his son,
Fox Maule Ramsay (1801-74), succeeded in 1860 to the
earldom of Dalhousie. See Brechin, Cambustane,
and Dalhousie Castle. — Ord. Sur., sh. 49, 1865.
Pannanich Wells, an inland watering-place in Glen-
muick parish, Aberdeenshire, near the right bank of the
Dee, 2 miles ENE of Ballater. Its four chalybeate wells,
all near one another, on the N side of Pannanich Hill
(1896 feet), are said to have been discovered by an old
woman about the year 1760, and soon began to attract
notice for their medicinal virtue. They differ somewhat
one from another in properties, but all contain carbonates
of iron and lime, with small proportions of other
ingredients; are chalybeate, stimulant, and tonic; and
have been found beneficial for gravelly, scorbutic, and
scrofulous complaints. Under date 3 Oct. 1870, the
Queen writes in More Leaves from the Journal of a Life
in the Highlands (1884) — 'I had driven with Beatrice to
Pannanich Wells, where I had been many years ago.
Unfortunately almost all the trees which covered the
hills have been cut down. We got out and tasted the
water, which is strongly impregnated with iron, and
looked at the bath and at the humble but very clean
accommodation in the curious little old inn, which used
to be very much frequented. Brown formerly stayed
here for a year as servant, and then quantities of horses
and goats were there. ' The late Sir James Thompson
Mackenzie of Glenmuick greatly improved the accommo-
dation for visitors to the wells. — Ord.Sur., sh. 65, 1870.
Papa, one of the smaller of the Shetland Islands,
about a mile N of the nearest point of Burra island,
and 2J miles SAV of Scalloway. On the reconstruction
of the parishes of Bressay and Lerwick by the Boundary
Commissioners in 1891, Papa was transferred from the
former to the latter parish. It comprises only 148
acres. Pop. (1881) 14, (1891) 23.
Papa Sound, a strait between Stronsay and Papa
Stronsay islands, in Orkney. Making a semicircular
curve of If mile, it has a breadth of from \ to 1 mile,
and projects into Stronsay a bay that forms an excellent
harbour, well sheltered by Papa Stronsay.
Papa, Sound of, a strait in the W of Shetland,
between the Ness of Melby on the Mainland and Papa
Stour island. It is 1\ miles long and 1 mile broad at
the narrowest; and it is swept by a rapid, dangerous,
tidal current.
Papa Stour, an island of Walls parish, Shetland.
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Lying on the S side of the entrance of St Magnus Bay,
34 miles NW of Lerwick, it is separated by the Sound
of Papa, 1 mile broad at the narrowest, from the north-
western extremity of the Mainland section of Walls, and
measures 2J miles in length west-north-westward, whilst
its breadth varies between 4£ furlongs and 2J miles.
It is engirt, at near distances, by picturesque porphy-
ritic stacks, shooting vertically lrom the sea like stu-
pendous towers or castellated keeps; on its S side is
pierced by several magnificent and very curious caves,
the abodes of numerous seals; is indented by several
small voes or creeks, which afford shelter to fishing-
boats; and has excellent beaches for drying fish, which
were used for that purpose in the 18th century by a
great fishing company. The surface rises at Hoo Field
to 115, at Virda Field to 288, feet above sea-level; and
is disposed partly in arable land, with a generally fertile
soil, partly in common pasture, naturally good, but
much injured by maltreatment. Papa Stour was a
northern centre of the early Culdees, serving as a sort
of Iona to Shetland; and retained till a recent period
the ancient Norwegian sword dance noticed in Sir
Walter Scott's Pirate. It contains the Established
church of Papa chapelry, a post office under Lerwick,
and a public school. Pop. (1881) 254, (1891) 244.
Papa Stronsay, an island of Stronsay and Eday
parish, Orkney, lying off the NE of Stronsay island,
and separated from it by Papa Sound, \ mile broad at
the narrowest. With a very irregular outline, it has an
utmost length and breadth of J mile; is low and flat;
has so fertile a soil as might render it, under proper
management, one continuous cornfield ; and contains
vestiges of two pre-Reformation chapels and the site of
an ancient burying-ground. Pop. (1881) 23, (1891) 27.
Papa Westray, an island of Westray parish, Orkney,
1J mile E of the northern part of Westray island, and
22J miles in a direct line N by E of Kirkwall, but
25 by the shortest sea-route. Its utmost length, from
N by E to S by W, is 4| miles; and its breadth varies
between J and \\ mile. The surface culminates in
North Hill (156 feet), beyond which the northern ex-
tremity forms a bold and lofty headland, the Mull of
Papa, well known to mariners, and pierced with a
cavern, from 48 to 60 feet wide, and upwards of 70 feet
high. The southern half is partly occupied by a fresh-
water lake, the Loch of St Tredwall (7 x 3 J furl.), on
an islet in which are ruins of a pre-Reformation chapel.
The soil, to the extent of some 1000 acres, is very
fertile, and under regular cultivation. Midway along
the E coast is a pastoral islet, the Holm of Papa, which
is denizened by myriads of sea-fowl. The whole island
of Papa Westray, with the exception of a small glebe,
belongs to a single proprietor, Thomas Traill (b. 1822;
sue. 1840). His mansion, Holland, stands near the
middle of the island, in which are also a remarkably
large Picts' house and three vitrified cairns, and which
was the scene of the death of Ronald, Earl of Orkney,
by the hand of Thorfinn, Earl of Caithness. Anciently
a separate and independent parish. Papa Westray, though
now annexed to Westray, has still its own parish church,
besides a Free church, a public school, and a post office
under Kirkwall. Pop. (1881) 345, (1891) 337.
Papigoe, a coast village in Wick parish, Caithness,
\\ mile ENE of Wick town.
Paplay. See Holm.
Paps of Jura. See Jura.
Park, an elegant Grecian mansion of 1S22, with beau-
tiful grounds, in Drumoak parish, Aberdeenshire, close
to the Dee's left bank, and 1 mile SW of Park station
on the Deeside section of the Great North of Scotland
railway, this being 11 miles WSW of Aberdeen. The
estate, which was anciently part of a royal ■ chase, was
given by David II. to Walter Moigne, but so early as
1348 was by John Moigne disposed of to Alexander
Irvine of Drum. It was sold by the Irvine family in
1737 to Mr Duff of Culter; in 1S07 to Thomas Burnett
for £9000; in 1821 to William Moir; and in 1839 for
£28,000 to Mr Kinloch. The present proprietor U
James Penny, Esq. — Ord. Sur., sh. 66, 1871.