228 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 



1695.— At Galashiels. The old bell on the Parish Church 

 being cracked, was recast by Meikle with this inscrip- 

 tion : — 



lOHN . MEIKLE . FECIT . EDINBURGI . FOR . GALLASHEILS 



1695. 



It now hangs in a small belfry above part of the 

 Dangerfield Mill at Hawick. Its diameter is 16|, and 

 its note B. 

 1697.— At Linton. This Church bell, according to tradition, 

 was brought across the Border from Durham in a foray. 

 If so, it must have been recast, since it now beai's the 

 inscription : — 



• F L INTOUN . KIRK . 

 lOHN . MEIKLE . ME . FECIT . EDINBURGI . 1697. 



Gifted, doubtless, by the Pringles of Clifton at the 

 time of their first coming into the Linton estate, it 

 now hangs in a small " bird-cage " belfry, apparently of 

 the same date, on the Western gable. From 1775 to 

 1912 this belfry stood on the East gable. Two of the 

 double canons being broken, in the autumn of 1911 

 this bell was quarter-turned, and rehung, by Messrs. 

 Taylor of Loughborough, who cut off the canons and 

 provided a new clapper. Its diameter is 20^ inches. 

 Note F. sharp. It is rung on Sundays, and on Service 

 days, at 8 a.m. and 11.30. There is an interesting 

 allusion to this bell in the life of Rohert Story of 

 Rosneath, who, in August 1815, delivered his first 

 sermon at Linton." " In the night," says he, " I heard 

 the cock crow, and saw the sun rise ; and the eight 

 o'clock bell tolled with an import which a kirk steeple 

 never emitted to my ear before. At twelve the little 

 temple was crowded to the door." 

 1702. — At Greenlaw, in the bell tower, there is a bell inscribed : 



PATRICK HUME, EARLE OF MARCHMOUNT LORD HIGH 

 CHANCELLOUR OF SCOTLAND. JO. MEIKLE FECIT EDR. 1702. 



This bell came from Marchmont after 1873. A gift 

 from Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, it is now the property 

 of the people of Greenlaw. 



