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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
School	School School School	Mr. William Robertson Mr. John Riddoch Revd. [Reverend] Andrew Brown	133.12	The parish school is a neat, one storey, slated house, in good repair. Education afforded:- English reading, writing, grammar and arithmetic; Latin, French and Greek. Average attendance fifty.
Academy	Academy Academy Academy	Mr. William Robertson Mr. John Riddoch Revd. [Reverend] Andrew Brown	133.12	A neat one storey, slated building in good repair, erected in 1851 by the subscription of the inhabitants of the village. Supported partly by the same means and partly by the school fees. All the mion with several of the higher branches of education are taught here. Average attendance forty - Unendowed.
Meadow Mill	Meadow Mill Meadow Mill Meadow Mill Meadow Mill	Mr. William Robertson Mr. John Riddoch Revd. [Reverend] Andrew Brown Valuation Roll for 1855-6	133.12	A woollen manufactory, the buildings of which are two storeys high, slated, and in good repair. Carding, spinning and weaving are carried on here. Worked by steam of 15 H.P. [Horse Power] Property of James Morrison, Esqr., Alva.

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Parish of Alva

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