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CUMMERTREES [village] Cummertrees John Young Thomson Schoolmaster Cummertrees
James Dalgliesh Cummertrees
062 [Situation] About 1/2 mile from the Sn. [Southern] extremity of Ph. [Parish]

A Small village extending along the south side of the road leading from Annan to Dumfries. With the exception of a farm house, and the Railway Station, which stands on the N. [North] side of the road. the houses are one story high and in good repair occupied by agricultural laborers. The principal buildings are the Ph. [Parish] Church. Ph. [Parish] School, Queensberry Arms, Two grocers shops, a Post Office Cornmill and a Smithy, all Fued from the Marquis of Queensberry. The population amounted to 163 last census - 1851
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Parish of Cummertrees -- Sheet 62 No. 6 -- Trace 4

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