Annals of Colinsburgh : with notes on church life in Kilconquhar Parish
Dick, Robert, Rev1896
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A history of Colinsburgh from early times.
Main title:
Annals of Colinsburgh : with notes on church life in Kilconquhar Parish / Rev. Robert Dick.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Andrew Elliot, 1896.
Collation:
192p. : ill., ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Nether Rires. situation of Colinsburgh, the Betons, Nether Rires Lands Agricultural, Small population, Town first feued in 1682, Earliest Feuars, named Colinsburgh in 1686Chapter 2. The early inhabitants. Early charters and houses, Price of Feus, Sandyfield, Orphan child, King's Cadger, Village characters, Bellman, Schools and Teachers, Opposition to Popery, Centenarians, Jacobite rebellions, Weather noticesChapter 3. The Founder. Lord Menmuir, Balcarres House, Farm rents, The old Chapel, Earl Colin's birth, His Father and Brother, Presented at Court, His Marriages, A Jacobite, In exile, His deathChapter 4. The Burgh of Barony. Formed in 1686, Fairs and markets, Courts and Bailies of Barony, The Tolbooth, bloodweits, The Gally Law, Curfew BellChapter 5. The Parish Ministers. Roman Catholic Clergy, Spens, Leslie, Moncrieff, Rutherford, Carmichael, Rollock, Munro, Forret, Hay, Drummond, Wilson, Aytone, Clidesdale, Chalmers, Small, Ferrie, Milligan, Flint, Irvine, LeggeChapter 6. The Kirk Session. Minutes and Clarks, Church Services and Communions, Cups and Tokens, Absence from Kirk, Collections, Care of the poor, Beggar's Badges, Education and TeachersChapter 7. Church Discipline. Severity, Sabbath breaking, Tippling, Scolding and Flyting, Witch-craft, Public rebukes, Repentance stool, The Jougs and stocks, Corporal punishment, ContumacyChapter 8. The Covenanters. Swearing of Covents, Drummond in Bass Rock, Pitilloch and Hay executed, Philip Escaped, Archbishop Sharp, The hendersons and Fleming, Fines, Field preachingChapter 9. The U.P. Church. Origin, Church built, First Relief Presbytery, Stipends, Communions, Clerks and Precentors, The poor, Discipline, Money Lent, Education, Controversy, Split in congregation, The East ChurchChapter 10. The Dissenting Ministers. Colier, Cowan, Paton, Scott, Jamieson, Reid, Russell, Turnbull, Marshall, Cumming, Dickie, Jackson, Johnstone, Dick, Barnyards, Dick, KennedyChapter 11. Later Days. Demonstration, John Scott, James Thomson, 'Bonnie Colinsburgh', Gas, Water and Drainage, Agricultural Society, Volunteers, Social Meeting, Flower Shows, Curling Clubs, Lady Curlers, Gardener's Hall, Town Hall.
Dewey class:
941.33
Local class:
LR941COB
Language:
English
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BRN:
3429386