A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . is a place of worship for membersof the Free Church.—See Ardoch. BRAEHEAD, a village, in the parish of Carnwath,Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 3^ miles (N.)from Carnwath ; containing 312 inhabitants. This vil-lage, which is |)leasautly situated on the road to Wilson-town, is inhabited chiefly by persons eng
A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . is a place of worship for membersof the Free Church.—See Ardoch. BRAEHEAD, a village, in the parish of Carnwath,Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 3^ miles (N.)from Carnwath ; containing 312 inhabitants. This vil-lage, which is |)leasautly situated on the road to Wilson-town, is inhabited chiefly by persons engaged in agri-cultural pursuits, and partly by others employed inweaving at their own dwellings for the Glasgow andPaisley manufacturers. There is a place of worship forNew Light Burghers. BRAEMAR, Aberdeenshire.—See Crathie. BRAGRUM, a hamlet, in the parish of Methven,county of Perth ; containing 44 inhabitants. BRAIDWOOD, a village, in the parish of Carluke,Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 4 miles (N. W.)from Lanark ; containing 234 inhabitants. It is on thegreat Roman Watling-strect, and was formerly a pos-session of the Earls and Marquesses of Douglas. In thevicinity, limestone and ironstone are found ; and, on theBraid wood estate, a vein of fine encrinal ^^SiS^ Burgh Seal. BRECHIN, a burgh,market-town, and parish, inthe county of Forfau, 8miles (W. by N.) from Mon-trose, and 66 (N. N. E.) fromEdinburgh; containing,withthe villages of Trinity-Muirand Little Brechin, 7560 in-habitants, of whom 2986were in the late East quoadsacra parish. This placederives its name, of Gaelicorigin, from its situation onan acclivity rising from the banks of the river SouthEsk. It is of very considerable antiquity, and wasformerly the seat of a diocese, the cathedral of which isnow the church of the parish. During the wars betweenthe Scots and the English, in the reign of Edward I., SirThomas Maule, lord of Brechin Castle, defended it forsometime against the assaults of the
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