. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. Theoffice of the Clydesdale Bank is a neat granite GALLOWFLAT Half a mile N, but not within tlie royalty, the parishchurch of Kells, built in 1822, raises its neat stone frontand square tower. A handsome stone bridge of five arches,erected in the same year as the church, spans the riverh, ndle to the E. The station of New Galloway is about 6miles SSE of the town ; and a bus runs between themtwice a day. A sort of suburb of the burgh, in theform of a number of detached cotta
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. Theoffice of the Clydesdale Bank is a neat granite GALLOWFLAT Half a mile N, but not within tlie royalty, the parishchurch of Kells, built in 1822, raises its neat stone frontand square tower. A handsome stone bridge of five arches,erected in the same year as the church, spans the riverh, ndle to the E. The station of New Galloway is about 6miles SSE of the town ; and a bus runs between themtwice a day. A sort of suburb of the burgh, in theform of a number of detached cottages, called the Mainsof Kenmure, lies scattered to the E between the town andthe bridge. King Charles I. bestowed upon Sir John Gordon ofLochiuvar a charter, dated 15 Jan. 1629, empoweringhim to create a royal burgh of Galloway on his estatesin Kirkcudbrightshire. The site fixed upon was probablySt Johns Claughan of Dairy, but no settlement seems tohave followed this first charter, which was changed byanother charter under the Great Seal, dated 19 , and confirmed by Act of Parliament in June 1633. Seal of New Gallowaj. Under this latter charter the present site was selected,and the burgh privileges seem to have soon attracted afew settlers ; but the place could never acquire any tradeor manufacture, and the inhabitants were for the mostpart simple mechanics, agricultural labourers, and a fewale-house and shop keepers, while the houses were, evenat the beginning of the present century, low, ill Iniilt,straw-thatched, and often dilapidated. Since then,however, the appearance of the houses and the socialcondition of the peojile have made considerable charter the corporation of the burgh was to comprisea provost, 4 bailies, dean of guild, treasurer, and 12councillors; but b}^ tlie sett, as rejiorted to and sanc-tioned l)y the convention of royal burghs on 15 July1708, the council was then declared to consist of 1 -o-vost, 2 bailies, a treasurer, and 15 councillo
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