. Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. her hamlet in the Upper Ward. Mr Cochrane has taken a warm interest in the affairs of thetown of Biggar ; and has especially been noted for his generous,efforts to befriend the poor, and promote the cause of educa-tion. From his affability, active benevolence, and ready pro-motion of every scheme of physical, moral, and intellectual im-provement, he is held in great and deserved esteem by histenantry and dependents, as well as by the population of thedistrict at large. The neighb
. Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. her hamlet in the Upper Ward. Mr Cochrane has taken a warm interest in the affairs of thetown of Biggar ; and has especially been noted for his generous,efforts to befriend the poor, and promote the cause of educa-tion. From his affability, active benevolence, and ready pro-motion of every scheme of physical, moral, and intellectual im-provement, he is held in great and deserved esteem by histenantry and dependents, as well as by the population of thedistrict at large. The neighbouring barony of Wandell in the same parishwas long possessed by the Hertesheudes, and then by the Jar-dines of Apilgirth. In 1617, it came into the possession ofWilliam Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas and Abernethie : and at 600 BIGGAR AND THE HOUSE OF FLEMING. present is the property of his descendant the Countess of this harony is a ruinous building called the Bower ofWandell, which, according to tradition, was a hunting seat ofJames V. As an old Upper Ward ruin we give the followingrepresentation of it. It stands on a rocky eminence that projects into the riverClyde almost opposite the village of Roberton, and is connectedby a narrow neck of land with the rising grounds in theneighbourhood. The position, which it occupies, was wellchosen for defence before the invention of gun-powder, but itdoes not seem to have been a building of any great extent oreven strength, and most likely was a tower for the occasionalresidence of the Jardines, and, by their permission, may alsoat times have been the abode of our Scottish kings, when en-gaged in rural sports. THE CHANCELLORS OF SHIELDHILL. The Chancellors of Shieldhill are the oldest proprietors of landin the neighbourhood of Biggar. They are supposed to havecome to this country from France at the time of the NormanConquest, along with the Sommervilles of Carnwath, whom theyacknowledged as their lords-superior. The alliance betw
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