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== '''History''' == | == '''History''' == | ||
The name of this parish is said to signify, in Gaelic, ''the Cuckoo's hill''. This parish seems, of old, to have been dedicated to St. Mungo, whose memory still lingers about a copious spring, hard by the church. How, or when, the worthy saint became connected with the parish is not known. About 1810, extensive paper manufactories were turned by Government into depots for prisoners of war and the cottages attached to them into barracks for the military. The paper-mills of Valleyfield were fitted for the reception of 6000 prisoners, while those of Eskmills accommodated 1500 British soldiers. This was very unfavorable to the social and religious well-being of the parish. At the close of the war in 1814, the mills happily returned to their former owners and purposes. The records of the parish registers begin in 1654 and continure to the present time.(1839) The population in 1801 was 1705, and in 1835 was 2286. The land is primary used for cattle, sheep, and paper making. 1434 people are of the Established Church, 852 are Dissenter, chiefly of the Secession body, and there are not 10 Roman Catholics in the parish. | |||
This account was written in 1839. | |||
'''Source: '''''New Statistical Account of Scotland (''FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol.1) | |||
== '''Established Church—Old Parochial Registers''' == | == '''Established Church—Old Parochial Registers''' == | ||
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