PARISH OF FOSSOWAY AND TULLIEBOLE.
THIS PARISH, of which the chief portion is in Perthshire, lies to the west of Kinross-shire. It is bounded on the north by the parish of Dunning, on the east by Orwell and Kinross, on the south by Cleish, Dunfermline, Torryburn, and Saline, and on the west and north-west by Clackmannanshire and Muckart. It is about eleven miles long, by ten at its greatest breadth; but its form is very irregular, and its total superficial area is not reckoned at above 50 square miles. The united Parish consists of three districts in Perthshire belonging to Fossoway, which were to a great extent separated from one another, until consolidated by the insertion of Tulliebole, belonging to Kinross-shire, amongst them. The northern parts of Fossoway, and the part of Tulliebole which connects them, constituting the entire northern section of the united parish, are a continued congeries of hills running up to the centre of the Ochil range, some of their summits rising to from 600 to 1100 feet above the level of the sea. Some of the hills are covered with moss or heath, but most are green to the summit, and afford good pasture for sheep and black cattle. The central and southern sections, consisting of the main body of Tulliebole and the southern part of Fossoway, though considerably elevated above sea-level, are arable over most of their area, with an improvable soil of gravel, clay, till, and loam. Tulliebole, though appearing between the Cleish Hills and the Ochils to be a level country, is yet the highest ground in the plain which stretches between Kinross and Stirling, and sends off its brooks in the opposite directions of east and west. Owing to the attraction of the hills on either side, it has many cloudy and rainy days, and later seasons than the adjacent districts. The Devon, though winding through the Perthshire section of the Parish for a number of miles, only touches the County at the Crook-of-Devon; and the two Queichs and the Gairneys, which drain the Parish on the north and east, have been shortly noticed in the introduction to the County. The principal minerals are- coal, limestone, sandstone, and ironstone, none of which, however, are wrought in the Kinross section of the Parish.
There are two old fortalices or strengths, with gun-holes and turrets, in the Parish ; but only one of these- Tulliebole Castle, the property of Sir Henry Wellwood Moncrieff, Bart.- is in Kinross-shire. A small rising ground at the east end of the village of Crook-of-Devon, called the Gallow Knowe, was the scene of a capital punishment judically inflicted, in the 17th century, by the proprietor of Tulliebole, on one of his vassals for the crime of murder; and reminds posterity of the jurisdiction formerly exercised by the Scottish barons.
The Parish is traversed by the road from Kinross to Stirling, and by other turn-pike and statue-labour roads ; and the Devon Valley Railway, now in course of formation, runs through the centre of the Parish, from east to west.
Fossoway and Tulliebole were united into one parish about the year 1614; but for a long time afterwards both Churches were used- the minister officiating two Sabbaths in Fossoway and one in Tulliebole; but in 1729 a new Church was built for the united Parish, since which period there has been only one Parish Church. The present Church, which is at Fossoway, was built in 1806, and contains 525 sittings. There are also a Free Church at Fossoway, and a Chapel of Ease at Blairingone in Perthshire. The Parish School is a little to the east of the village of Crook-of-Devon, in addition to which there are a Free Church School at Fossoway, and a Subscription School at Carnbo.
For Postal Arrangements see Kinross.
BLACKSMITHS.
Miller, John, Crook-of-Devon
Thomson, Robert, Carnbo
BOOT & SHOEMAKERS.
Penman, Henry, Carnbo Toll
Stark, Adam, Drum of Tulliebole
Young, Alexander, Crook-of-Devon
CARRIERS.
Braid, William, from Crook-of-Devon to' Kinross, every Wednesday and Saturday
Crawford, Robert, from Crook-of-Devon to Tillicoultry, Alva, &c., every Friday
Dunn, George, (Foot) from Kinross to Crook-of-Devon and Carnbo, daily
Miller, William, from Crook-of-Devon to Dunfermline, every Tuesday and Friday, to Dollar, every Thursday, and to Milnathort, every Monday
CARTERS & LAND LABOURERS.
Beveridge, Lauchlin, Combo
Crawford, James, Drum of Tulliebole
Harley, Andrew, Craighead of Tulliebole
Latta, William, Crook-of-Devon
McLean, Duncan, Harelaw
Young, Andrew, Crook-of-Devon
CLERGY.
Ferguson, Wm., Parish Church, Fossoway
Gillison, Thomas, Free Church, do
DRESSMAKERS.
Brown, Miss Janet, Crook-of-Devon
Wallace, Miss Betsy, do
FARMERS.
Anderson, James, Esq., Carnbo
Anderson, John, Brauchty
Archibald, Charles, North Kilduff
Beveridge, John, Carnbo Mill
Beveridge, Thomas, Craighead
Blackwood, Adam, Middle Coldrain
Campbell, Alexander, Claysike
Dawson, James, Rantrie Knowes
Drysdale, David, Newbigging
Fergus, John, Wood of Coldrain
Fowlis, Arthur, Bankhead
Fraser, William, Tulliebole Mill
Garland, John, Gelvan
Garland, Robert, Gateside
Gentle, Robert, Mawmill
Kirk, William, Brigglands
Lindsay, David, Rantrie Knowes
Mitchell, Robert, Esq., Golland
Morgan, John, Yellow Knowes
Nimmo, Thomas, Horlawhill
Robertson, Alex., Esq., Easter Coldrain
Stalker, Thomas, Esq., Kilduff
Thom, Colin, Wester Coldrain
Wright, Robert, Earnieside
Young, John, Esq., Hallhill
GENTRY & PEOPLE OF INDEPENDENT MEANS.
Anderson, James, Esq., Carnbo
Dowie, Mrs James, Crook-of-Devon
Greig, Mrs Edward, Brigglands
Mitchell, Robert, Esq., Golland
Robertson, Alex., Esq., Easter Coldrain
Stalker, Thomas, Esq., Kilduff
Young, John, Esq., Hallhill
GROCERS.
Crawford, Robert, Crook-of-Devon
Malcolm, James, Carnbo
Miller, William, Crook-of-Devon
Morgan, John, (& Spirit Dealer) Carnbo
Murie, Mrs Andrew, Crook-of-Devon
Wallace, Alexander, do
JOINERS & WRIGHTS.
Anderson, Benjamin, Carnbo
Brown, Robert, Crook-of-Devon
Ellis, Thomas, Carnbo
MILLERS, CORN & BARLEY.
Beveridge, John, Carnbo Mill
Fraser, William, Tulliebole Mill
TEACHERS & SCHOOLS.
Andrew, John, Free Church School, Fossoway
Brown, Miss Janet, Female Industrial
Department, Parish School, Crook-of Devon
----- ----- Parish School, Crook-of-Devon
Young, Wm., Subscription School, Carnbo
VINTNERS.
Brown, John, Crook-of-Devon
Scott, Donald, do
MISCELLANEOUS.
Boswell, James, Tailor, Crook-of-Devon
Ellis, Thomas, Saw-Miller & Wood Merchant, Carnbo
Gentle, Wm., Registrar, Crook-of-Devon
Johnman, Lewis, Sexton, do
Luke, John, Paper Manufacturer, do
Murray, Alexander, Flesher & Cattle Dealer, Crook-of-Devon
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