CowHiLL Estate. 22o 



Notes on the Titles of Cowhill Tower, iu the Parish 

 of Hoiywood. 



By Mr J. C. R. Macdonald, W.S., Dumfries. 



The property now known as Cowhill Tower in the parish 

 of Hoiywood and county of Dumfries extends to about 235 

 Imperial Acres and has an annual assessable value per \'alua- 

 tion Roll of ;£<4i5 los. It forms a part only of a much lary^er 

 property which was known by the comprehensive name of 

 Cowhill, and which at one time included the following addi- 

 tional subjects : — 



The farm and lands of Nether Killylung, now the property of 



Mrs Hunter. 

 The farm and lands of Glengower, now forming part of the 



Estate of Portrack. 

 The farm and lands of Muirside, now belonging to Mr W. G. 



Graham. 

 The farm and lands of Druidpark (originally part of Muirside), 



now the property of Mr R. Swan. 

 The farm and lands of Moss-side and the farm and lands of 



Birkhall, now belonging to Mr David Maxwell, and 

 The farm and lands of Abbey, immediately adjoining Holy- 

 wood Church, now the property of Mr David Johnstone's 



Trustees. 



The present annual assessable value of these additional 

 subjects is approximately ;;^'i245, so that in round figures the 

 original estate had it remained undivided would to-day have 

 been worth at least ,£.^45,000 in capital value and would have 

 extended to over 800 acres. 



The whole of the property embraced in the original 

 estate formed part of the patrimony of Hoiywood Abbey, and 

 is now held direct of the Crown as immediate over Superior. 

 The feu duties stipulated for in the charters by progress are 

 payable in terms of the Act of Annexation (1587 cap. 29) to 

 Her Grace the DuChess of Norfolk as successor of Lord 

 Maxwell of Nithsdale, who was the Lord of Erection to whom 

 the temporalities of the benefice were gifted immediately after 

 the Reformation. 



