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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
WEST GALLATOWN West Gallatown
West Gallatown
West Gallatown
West Gallatown
West Gallatown
Mr Bain Senr [Senior]
Mr Bain Junr [Junior]
Mr Forbes
Mr Robert Hearn Pottery
Mr David Matthewson Collector of Taxes
032 [Situation] West of Gallatown
A small irregular cluster of houses between Pathhead & Gallatown chiefly occupied by handloom weavers. & Potters
SCHOOL [Gallatown] School
School
School
Mr Forbes
Mr Peter Alliso, Schoolmaster
John Galbraith
032 [Situation] In the Village of Gallatown
A small schoolhouse on the W. [West] side of Gallatown Village, Supported by the fees entirely. The Teacher is elected by the Members of the School Society, the payment of one penny yearly constituting a member. The affairs of the School are managed by a Committee of 12. chosen from the Members. There are at present 65 Boys & 45 Girls daily attending the school from 5 to 10 years of age, each has to pay 2d to 4d per week to the master and find all materials
BORELAND Boreland
Boreland
Boreland
Boreland
Boreland
Boreland
Mr Bain Senr [Senior]
Mr Bain Junr [Junior]
Mr Forbes
Mr George Dow
Mr Bywater
New Stat. Acct [Statistical Account]
032 [Situation] 3/8 Mile E. of Gallatown
A small neat & clean village on the E. [East] of Gallatown, adjoining the Edinburgh & Perth & Dundee Railway occupied by the Colliers engaged in the Dysart Coalworks

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