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DUNKELD DunKeld Continued was performed by his chaplain, or by some of the beneficed clergy in the neighbourhood, it was not. during the time of the bishops, thought necessary to constitute it formally a parish. In fact, it does not appear to have been done. It is not entered as a parish in the county-cess booKs. What might be called the parish, quoad civilia can be no more than what was formerly included within the boundaries of the old city of DunKeld. It is said that the cathedral church stood about the centre of the old town. In 1689, the city was reduced to ashes by the adherents of James VII. It is impossible now to state what were the boundaries of the old city, or even to name the extent of ground they embraced. The last Statistical Account says, that the houses and gardens to the west and north-west of the cathedral occupied a space extending to about five acres, and that that portion of the town was never rebuilt. In 1690, the present town was built to the east of the cathedral. There is a small burn called Ketlochy or Catlochin, contained in a common sewer which run through the town. On the west side of that burn, the properties are, by the title-deeds, described as lying not within the parish, but within the city of DunKeld. On the east side of it, the properties are titled to be lying within the parish of Caputh. Dunkeld is not a parish, properly so called, but, as an ecclesiastical parish, it consists of two parts, - the city of DunKeld, and that part of the city, within the the parish of Caputh; the former quoad civilia, and the latter, although never formally annexed, quoad sacra. By the form of the presentation to the minister, he is presented to the united churches of DunKeld and Dowally. At neither place is there a manse and glebe; but he receives a pecuniary equivalent. From the circumstance of presenting to the united churches, the people, in common speech, though erronerously, have for the last century, called DunKeld the parish of DunKeld; and, under the Reform Act, proprietors in the town of Dunkeld in claiming a right to vote in the county, describe their property as lying in the said city, and within the united parishes of DunKeld and Dowally. *** The city of DunKeld subsequent to 1690, formed one street, from the cathedral to the top of the hill on the eastward, by which hill the traveller had to descend to the town. The old residence of the Atholl family in DunKeld was built to front this old approach to the city, and the double rows of trees which lined the access to the mansion are still standing. After the erection of the DunKeld Bridge in 1809, the town completely changed both its form and ancient appearance. The great north road from Perth to Inverness was made to intersect the town, and a new street of handsome buildings was formed, in a line with the bridge. In the old part of the town, near to the cross, the weekly cattle marKets are held, and all imported vegetables &c are sold. A small yearly assessment on [continued on page 77]

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