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concerned, the parish was divided into eighteen or nineteen 

 properties, owned by as many proprietors or heritors. One of 

 these properties, the Barony of Barcloy, was held in trust by the 

 Kirk Session of Caerlaverock, for the poor of Caerlaverock, and 

 for the higher education of the children of Caerlaverock. This 

 gave rise to the witticism, "The poor of Caerlaverock are the 

 lairds of Couen." Of the eighteen or nineteen properties into 

 which the parish is divided, two of the larger — Fairgirth and 

 Auchenskeooli have changed hands, and to the former Meikle- 

 cloak has been added, to the latter Glensone and Ryes. Glen- 

 stocken, the property of Mr Carrick Moore, near relative of Sir 

 John Moore, the hero of Corunna, was purchased by the late 

 Mark Sprot Stewart of Southwick, and is now owned by his son. 

 Sir Mark J. Stewart, Bart. Kipp was acquired by purchase 

 from the Crosbie family, by Mr Chalmers, the present proprietor. 

 Auchenhill and Orchardknowes are owned by Lord Young, and 

 Clonyard by Mr M'Call. In other respects properties in the 

 parish, considered I'elatively to the number of owners, and to 

 the size of the properties, continue unchanged. The number of 

 landed proprietors is still nearly the .same. 



The estates and properties vary much in size and value. In 

 one or two instances the rental touches or did touch, a few years 

 ago, £2000. In others it ranges between £200 and £800, and 

 in some instances it comes down to £50, £30, and even less. 

 To me this gradation in ownership has always seemed pleasing, 

 and in many respects desirable, and in this respect I have often 

 considei'ed Colvend unique. I know no other parish similarly 

 circumstanced as to ownership. Inseparably, indeed, connected 

 with the ownership of the land are the tenantry or tenant farmers 

 of a parish The tenant farmers of Colvend, like the proj)rietors, 

 rent and occupy farms of varying size, and of rents varying 

 according to the size and value of their holdings. Some of the 

 farms in the parish are wholly agricultural, but many have 

 attached to them portions of moorland or hill pasture, and in 

 one or two instances the hill and moorland pasture constitutes 

 the more valuable portion of the farm. The rents vary from 

 £100 to £200 and £300, and in one instance runs up to £600, 

 but this inchides two farms, one of which is known as what is 

 called a led farm. The others graduate down to £50 or £40. 

 These latter are tenanted in many cases by those who in their 

 early life were farm servants, or day labourers, who have been 



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