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DALRYMPLE
Ayrshire
Directory 1837 by Pigot & Co
Is
a small village, in the parish of its name, and
District of Kyle; 76
miles
from
Edinburgh, six from
Ayr, five from
Maybole
and four from
Kirkmichael;
pleasantly situate on the banks of the
Doon.
The parish, which
is
almost eight miles at its extreme length, and three in breadth, occupies some
beautiful undulating and flat land, mostly arable. In the upper
portion
of the parish is a coal mine, and in some other parts, lime abounds. The
principal land proprietors are the Marques of Allan, R.A. Oswald
Esq., the
Hon. Mrs Leslie Cumming, and Andrew
Hunter Esq. The name "Dalrymple" is
said
to be derived from "Dalrymole" signifying "the dale on which the
king was
slain", and it is supposed that
Coilus, a king of the Britons, was
killed
in battle in this place; its Gaelic name, however, was
"Dail-A-Chrium-Puill"
or dale of the crooked pool. Near
the Roman road,
which
intersects the parish, was found, in a moss, a vessel of Roman bronze, by
antiquarians conjectured to be that kind used by priests in their
sacrificial
oblations; and in 1834 was discovered, near the same spot, an
ancient
vase; both these relics are in possession of the
Rev. Mr Wallace,
the
minister of the parish and master of the highly respectable boarding
school.
In this parish are
three British fortlets,
on commanding sites, and the
ruins of three castles; these, with the beautiful
loch of Marianham(*),
the
waters of which are covered annually with yellow and white water-lily,
are objects of considerable interest and curiosity with the visitors to
this
district.
Post
Letters arrive from and are forwarded to
Ayr
by a carrier twice a week.
NOBILITY GENTRY & CLERGY
Cuninghame,
Sir James Montgomery, bart of Corserill
Skeltion (*)
Hodson,
Capt Brian RN Hollybush
McBeath,
James
Surgeon RN Bartleston
cottage
Wallace,
Rev. Robert (and boarding academy) manse
SHOPKEEPERS & TRADERS
Baird,
William shoe maker
Dalziel,
James cooper
Mathieson,
William blacksmith
Porteous,
William
schoolmaster
Ramsay,
David
hosier
Rodic
(or Rodie) James tailor
Rodman,
William
shoe maker
Syminton, Henry
vinter
CARRIER
To
Ayr David
Mitchell every Tuesdy and Friday morning
(*)
Names are approximate - difficult to read from the fische.
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