PARISH OF CLEISH.
THIS PARISH, containing the hamlet of its own name, and the villages of Maryburgh and Kelty proper, is in the south part of the County. It is bounded on the south by the parishes of Dunfermline and Beath, on the west by Dunfermline and the Perthshire division of Fossoway, on the north by Fossoway and Kinross, and on the east by Portmoak and Ballingry. It is of an oblong form, running nearly due east and west, and is six and a half miles in length, by one and a half in average breadth.
The Cleish Hills divide it from Dunfermline. Dumglow, the highest peak, is 1200 feet above the level of the sea; and three other summits, called the Ingans, are above 1000 feet in height. The higher lands are in pasture, and the lower, though of only middle-class soil, and from 400 to 500 feet above sea-level, are partly in tillage, and partly in permanent pasture, which is well known for its excellent qualities, both for rearing and fattening stock. There are several Lochs on the southern hills, the largest of which- Loch Glow- is one and a half mile in circumference. They are stocked with pike, perch, eels, and a few trout. The Gairney flows along the northern boundary, and divides the Parish from Fossoway and Kinross. Excellent freestone exists in great plenty, and lime-stone is quarried at Scarhill. Whinstone, suitable for roads and dykes, is abundant. On the top of Dumglow and other eminences are traces of ancient forts, or camps, which are supposed to be of Roman origin. At the east end of the Parish, a stone, inserted in a bridge, bears an inscription intimating that the road beneath it is that by which Queen Mary fled from Loch Leven Castle. Formerly, on what is now the farm-steading of Gairney Bridge, stood the house in which the poet, Michael Bruce, taught a School; and, within a few yards of the same spot, stood the public-house in which the Fathers of the Secession Church held their first Presbytery. The Parish is traversed by the great north road, by the road from Kinross to Dunfermline, and by other cross roads. The Kinross-shire Railway passes through the eastern border.
The Parish Church, which is at Cleish, was built in 1832. It is a neat building, in a beautiful situation, embosomed in wood at the base of the southern hills, and looking down over sylvan slopes upon the vale of Kinross. The Parish School is also at Cleish, in addition to which there is a School at Maryburgh, endowed by the proprietor of the Blair Adam estate.
For Postal Arrangements see Kinross.
BLACKSMITHS.
Hepburn, Michael, Blairadam
Lawrie, James, Boreland
Wallace, David, Gairney Bridge, by Kinross
BOOT & SHOEMAKERS.
Paton, Andrew, Cleish
Tweedie, John, Kelty Bridge
CARRIERS.
Dunn, Geo., (Foot) from Kinross by Cleish to Crook-of-Devon, Carnbo, &c., daily
Lawrie, Margaret, (Foot) from Cleish to Kinross, daily
CLERGY.
Cullen, James, Free Church, Manse, Maryburgh
Ross, Chas., LL.D., B.D., Parish Church, Cleish
FARMERS.
Adam, William P., Esq., M.P., Home Farm, Blairadam
Flockhart, William, Flockhouse
Hepburn, James, Maryburgh
Hutcheson, Michael, Cleish Mills
Laing, David, Dowhill Mill
Reid, William, Esq., Hardieston
Simpson, John, Wester Cleish
Steedman, James, Esq., Fruix
Tod, George, Lochran
Tod, John, Paphle
Walls, James, Blairfordel
Walls, Robert, Sunnyside
Young, Harry, Esq., Home Farm, Cleish Castle
GENTRY & PEOPLE OF INDEPENDENT MEANS.
Adam, W. P. , Esq., M.P. ,Blair Adam House
Field, Rev. E. B., Moreland, by Cleish
Reid, William, Esq., Hardieston
Steedman, James, Esq., Fruix
Young, Harry, Esq., Cleish Castle
GROCERS.
Lawson, Walter, Kelty Bridge
Tod, John, Cleish
MILLERS, CORN & BARLEY.
Hutcheson, Michael, (& Flour) Cleish Mills
Laing, David, Dowhill Mill
TEACHERS & SCHOOLS.
Brand, Joules, Endowed School, Maryburgh
Craig, Peter, Parish School, Cleish
Syme, Miss Ann, Female Industrial School, Cleish
MISCELLANEOUS.
Beveridge, David, Station Agent, Blair Adam, by Kinross
Coopar, Susan, Nursery and Gardens, Paranwell
Craig, Peter, Inspector of Poor & Registrar, Cleish
Donaldson, William, Slater, Kelty
Douie, Andrew, Factor for W. P. Adam, Esq., Dullomuir
Fortune, John, Gardener, Blairadam Gardens
Hill, Andrew, Tailor, Kelty
McWhannel, Daniel, Joiner, Maryhurgh
Scotland, James, Sexton, Cleish
Syme, Miss Ann, Dressmaker & Milliner, Cleish
Tod, John, Vintner, Cleish