Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland

TEANINICH HOUSE
Teaninich House, a mansion in Alness parish, Ross
and Cromarty, between Alness village and the Cromarty
Firth.
Techmuiry. See Stricken.
Teith, The, a river of SW Perthshire, formed by two
head-streams which rise within § mile of one another,
and within 2J miles ENE of the head of Loch Lomond,
but which so far diverge from each other as to be at one
point 9£ miles asunder. The northern one, rising at
an altitude of 1760 feet, runs 8J miles E by N to Loch
Doine (7£ x 2J furl. ; 420 feet), passes 1£ furlong thence
to Loch Voil (3J miles x 3 furl.; 414 feet), assumes
then the name of the Balvag, and winds 6 miles south-
south-eastward to Loch Lubnaig (3| miles x 3 furl. ;
405 feet), and thence, through the pass of Leny, goes
8J miles south-eastward to a confluence with the other
head-stream in the vicinity of Callander. It thus has
a total course of 25J miles, mainly through the parish
of Balquhidder, but partly through that of Callander.
The southern head-stream, rising at an altitude of 1750
feet, runs 3J miles south-eastward through Glengyle
to Loch Katrine (8 miles x 7\ furl.; 364 feet), from
its foot passes If mile east-by-southward through the
Thossaohs to Loch Achray (1J mile x 3 furl. ; 276
feet), winds next If mile east-south-eastward to Loch
Vennachar (3| miles x 5 furl. ; 270 feet), and proceeds
thence 1§ mile east-north-eastward to its confluence
with the other head-stream. It is thus, in a large
degree, the connecting stream of a chain of most pic-
turesque lakes; and its length of run, inclusive of its
course through those lakes, is 20J miles, through or
along the borders of Callander, Buchanan, Aberfoyle,
and Port of Monteith parishes. The Teith proper, or
united stream, abounds in beautiful scenery, but has
none of the grand, bold, romantic features of its head-
waters. It runs 13J miles south-eastward through or
along the borders of Callander, Kilmadock, Kiueardine,
and Lecropt parishes. Its tributaries are numerous;
but, excepting Keltie Water, they are all inconsiderable.
The ' arrowy ' Teith, if either its volume of water or its
length of course had been made the ground of decision,
would have been regarded as the parent-stream, and the
Forth which joins it as the tributary. The point at
which they unite is the Bridge of Drip, 2J miles NW
of Stirling. Yielding fairly good salmon and trout
fishing, the Teith is a clear stream, and for, the most
part rapid. It is excelled by none in Scotland for
water-power, or for general adaptation to manufacture;
yet in consequence of the want of lime and coal there
is but a small aggregate of public works on its banks.
—Ord. Sur., shs. 46, 38, 39, 1869-72.
Templand, a village in Lochmaben parish, Dumfries-
shire, 2J miles N of the town. It has a post office
under Lockerbie.
Temple. See Largo.
Temple, a village and a parish in the S of Edinburgh-
shire. The village stands, 605 feet above sea-level, on
the right bank of the South Esk, 3 miles SW of Gore-
bridge station, 7 S by W of Dalkeith, and 12J SSE of
Edinburgh. It is a quiet, sequestered, little place, with
a post office under Gorebridge.
The parish is bounded NE by Borthwick, SE by
Heriot, S and SW by Innerleithen and Eddleston in
Peeblesshire, and NW by Penicuik and Carrington.
Its utmost length, from N by E to S by W, is 8 J miles;
its utmost breadth is 5g miles; and the area is 22^-
square miles or 14, 250 j acres. A detached part of the
parish, containing the greater part of Gorebridge village,
and comprising 228 acres, was transferred by the Boun-
dary Commissioners in 1891 to the parish of Borthwick.
The river South Esk, rising at an altitude of 1700 feet
on the western slope of Blackhope Scar, winds 9| miles
north-by-eastward through all the length of the parish,
and quits it at the influx of Fullarton or Redside Burn,
which traces all the north-western border. In the ex-
treme N the surface declines to 590 feet above the sea;
and chief elevations to the E of the South Esk, as one
goes up the vale, are Cockmoor (990 feet), "Torfichen
Hill (1508), "Mauldslie Hill (1(584), Huntly Cot Hill
TEEREGLES
(1694), the Kipps (1776), and *Blackhope Scar (2136),
the loftiest of the Moorfoot Hills ; to the W, Toxside
Moss (900), "Jeffries Corse (2004), and *Bowbeat Hill
(2049), where asterisks mark those summits that cul-
minate on the confines of the parish. The rocks of the
hills are Lower Silurian, and those of the lower grounds
include abundance of limestone and sandstone. The
soil of the arable lands, though various, is generally
fertile; but fully one-half of the entire area is hilly and
mountainous sheepwalk, black and moorish in aspect.
Through Gladhouse reservoir, on the course of the South
Esk, this parish furnishes part of the water-supply of
Edinburgh; and two additional reservoirs (Rosebery
and Edgelaw) have been constructed for compensation
purposes. Rosebery and Toxside are the chief resi-
dences; and the principal proprietors are R. Dundas,
Esq. of Arniston and the Earl of Rosebery. The parish
comprises the ancient parish of Clerkington, and the
chapelries of Moorfoot and Balantradoch. Clerkington,
previous to the Reformation, was a vicarage under the
monks of Newbattle. Moorfoot comprehended the upper
half of the vale of the South Esk, and was a chapelry
established by the Newbattle monks, to whom the lands
had been gifted. The chapelry of Balantradoch, after
the suppression of the Knights Templars, was granted
in 1312 by Pope Clement V. to the Hospitallers or
Knights of St John. The three districts having been
united after the Reformation, assumed their present
name from the circumstance of the chapel of the Tem-
plars having been adopted as their common or parochial
church. Temple is in the presbytery of Dalkeith and
the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale; the living is worth
£182. The old parish church, still standing, is an oblong
structure (54^ x 17 J feet), a simple but pleasing speci-
men of the transition from the First Pointed to the Scot-
tish Decorated style. It has two long, narrow lancet
windows (now blocked up), a large three-light E window,
and smaller three-light windows on the S side; and it
retains a piscina and Easter sepulchre. On the E gable
below the belfry is an inscription which has puzzled
antiquaries. The church formed part of a preceptory of
the Knights Templars, which, founded by David I. , and
originally called Balantradoch, was the chief seat of the
order in Scotland. The present parish church is a neat
edifice of 1832, containing 400 sittings. There is also
a Free church ; and Temple public and Toxside schools,
with respective accommodation for 124 and 47 children,
have an average attendance of about 65 and 30, and
grants of nearly £65 and £40. Valuation (1885)
£10,060, (1894) £5584, plus £12,458 for railway and
waterworks. Pop. (1801) 855, (1831) 1255, (1861) 1385,
(1871) 1536, (1881) 1551, (1891) 455.— Ord. Sur., shs.
32, 24, 1857-64.
Templelands. See Strathmiglo.
Temple Liston. See Kirkliston.
Tenandry, a quoad sacra parish in Athole district,
Perthshire. Constituted in 1836 by the presbytery, and
reconstituted in 1851 by the Court of Teinds, it is in
the presbytery of Dunkeld and the synod of Perth and
Stirling. Stipend, £179. The church, near the right
bank of the Garry, 1 mile S of Killiecrankie station, was
built in 1836, and contains 430 sittings. Pop. (1871)
530, (1881) 497, (1891) 389, of whom 72 belonged to
Blair Athole, 130 to DulL and 187 to Moulin.— Ord.
Sur., sh. 55, 1869.
Tents Moor. See Leuchars.
Terraughtie, a mansion in Troqueer parish, Kirkcud-
brightshire, 2^ miles W by S of Dumfries. It belongs
to the owner of Munches.
Terregles, a parish of NE Kirkcudbrightshire, con-
taining a very small portion of the parliamentary burgh
of Dumfries. It is bounded NE and E by Holywood
and Dumfries in Dumfriesshire, SE and S by Troqueer,
SW by Lochrutton, and NW and N by Kirkpatrick-
Irongray. Its utmost length, from ENE to WSW, is
4 J miles; its utmost breadth is 2 J miles; and its area
is 3868£ acres, of which 26 are water. Cluden Water
winds 2J miles east-south-eastward along or close to all
the north-eastern border till it falls into the river Nith,
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