. Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. numerous cadgers that atone time passed through Biggar to the great mart for theirmerchandise, the Scottish capital; and hence, in all likelihood,its name. The popular tradition, however, is, that it first re-ceived its name from the circumstance of its having been usedby Sir William Wallace, when he visited the English camp atBiggar in the guise of a cadger. It is very narrow, and beingwithout parapet walls it was crossed with difficulty in darknights. Instances of people fallin
. Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. numerous cadgers that atone time passed through Biggar to the great mart for theirmerchandise, the Scottish capital; and hence, in all likelihood,its name. The popular tradition, however, is, that it first re-ceived its name from the circumstance of its having been usedby Sir William Wallace, when he visited the English camp atBiggar in the guise of a cadger. It is very narrow, and beingwithout parapet walls it was crossed with difficulty in darknights. Instances of people falling from it into the streamwere not uncommon, and perhaps it was in reference to theseprecipitations and immersions that the well-known aphorismhad its origin, Yere better here than in Biggar of forty years ago a substitute was found forparapet walls in an iron railing, which was erected under theauspices of Mr James Bell, brewer. Robert Rae in an unpub-lished poem entitled, Londons big but Biggars biggar, hasthe following stanza in reference to the Cadgers Brig. Ad-dressing the Cockneys he says,—. BIGGAK BURN. 97 Ye may boast o yer brigs ower the horrible Thames,The Hungerford, Vauxhall, an siccanlike names,But we hae a brig worth a score o them a,The Auld Cadgers Brig at the fit o the Raw,Yer Edward ance heard ot whan sair to his lossHis bowmen like vermin we drownd in the moss,The cruel invader, the crafty intriguer,He thocht himsel big, but he fand us still biggar. A little below is a bridge in connection with the turnpikeroad to Dumfries, built in 1823, and embanked at each endwith the earth that formed the Cross-knowe. In the neighbourhood is Camb Cottage, erected, and for anumber of years possessed, by Dr. Anthony Wilson, a veryamiable man, and a cautious medical practitioner. In thesame house, on the 30th of April 1864, died Dr. JamesSummers, who had practised in Biggar for upwards of a quarterof a century. He was held in much esteem for many admir-able qua
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