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CYR
Quoad sacra it is now divided into 9 parishes : viz.
St. Cuthbert's, St. Bernard's, Buccleuch, St. David's,
Dean, Morningside, St. Paul's, Roxburgh, and New-
ing-ton. In 1831, the population of the whole district
was 70,887. See article Edinburgh.
CUTTLE, a hamlet in Haddingtonshire, adjoin-
ing to Prestonpans, where an extensive pottery,
saltwort, and magnesia manufactory, were formerly
carried on.
CYRUS (St.), or Ecclescraig, a parish, form-
ing the southern extremity of Kincardineshire ;
bounded by Marykirk, Garvock, and Benholm on the
north ; by the German ocean on the east ; and by
the North Esk river, which separates it from Forfar-
shire, on the south and south-west. It is 5 miles in
length, by 3 in breadth. There are two villages in
the parish: viz., Milton on the coast, and St. Cyrus
to the south-west of Milton. The latter is 5J- miles
north by east of Montrose. The modern and fa-
miliar name of this parish is St. Cyrus ; but in former
civil and ecclesiastical records, Ecclescraig, or Eccles-
greig, is the name generally used. The surface is
uneven, and is intersected with several dens and
rivulets ; upwards of three-fourths of the whole are
arable and well-cultivated ; the remainder being
moor or moss. The soil is in general a deep clay.
In the river North Esk are several valuable salmon-
fishings. The burn of Den-Fenel forms here a grand
and beautiful cascade, especially when increased by
rain falling ovar a perpendicular rock 63 feet in
height. There are several good stone and lime
quarries in the parish. Population, in 1801, 1,622;
in 1831, 1,598. Assessed property, in 1815, ±'10,039.
Houses, in 1831, 352 — This parish is in the presby-
tery of Fordoun, and synod of Angus and Mearns.
Patron, the Crown. Stipend £247 17s. ; glebe £11,
Unappropriated teinds £56 Is. 9d Schoolmaster's
salary £83; fees £33. There were 4 private schools
in 1834. Several years ago, the church of Eccles-
greig stood below the heughs of St. Cyrus on the
shore, near the mouth of the North Esk ; and the
churchyard still continues there. In 1832, this very
incommodious situation of the church was changed,
and a new one built on an eminence a little above
the heughs, more convenient to the parish, from its
easy access and central situation.
CAPE WRATH.
294
CYR
Quoad sacra it is now divided into 9 parishes : viz.
St. Cuthbert's, St. Bernard's, Buccleuch, St. David's,
Dean, Morningside, St. Paul's, Roxburgh, and New-
ing-ton. In 1831, the population of the whole district
was 70,887. See article Edinburgh.
CUTTLE, a hamlet in Haddingtonshire, adjoin-
ing to Prestonpans, where an extensive pottery,
saltwort, and magnesia manufactory, were formerly
carried on.
CYRUS (St.), or Ecclescraig, a parish, form-
ing the southern extremity of Kincardineshire ;
bounded by Marykirk, Garvock, and Benholm on the
north ; by the German ocean on the east ; and by
the North Esk river, which separates it from Forfar-
shire, on the south and south-west. It is 5 miles in
length, by 3 in breadth. There are two villages in
the parish: viz., Milton on the coast, and St. Cyrus
to the south-west of Milton. The latter is 5J- miles
north by east of Montrose. The modern and fa-
miliar name of this parish is St. Cyrus ; but in former
civil and ecclesiastical records, Ecclescraig, or Eccles-
greig, is the name generally used. The surface is
uneven, and is intersected with several dens and
rivulets ; upwards of three-fourths of the whole are
arable and well-cultivated ; the remainder being
moor or moss. The soil is in general a deep clay.
In the river North Esk are several valuable salmon-
fishings. The burn of Den-Fenel forms here a grand
and beautiful cascade, especially when increased by
rain falling ovar a perpendicular rock 63 feet in
height. There are several good stone and lime
quarries in the parish. Population, in 1801, 1,622;
in 1831, 1,598. Assessed property, in 1815, ±'10,039.
Houses, in 1831, 352 — This parish is in the presby-
tery of Fordoun, and synod of Angus and Mearns.
Patron, the Crown. Stipend £247 17s. ; glebe £11,
Unappropriated teinds £56 Is. 9d Schoolmaster's
salary £83; fees £33. There were 4 private schools
in 1834. Several years ago, the church of Eccles-
greig stood below the heughs of St. Cyrus on the
shore, near the mouth of the North Esk ; and the
churchyard still continues there. In 1832, this very
incommodious situation of the church was changed,
and a new one built on an eminence a little above
the heughs, more convenient to the parish, from its
easy access and central situation.
CAPE WRATH.
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