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"Survey return from William Grant"
Kilmodan, Cairndow.
1850.
RCP/COL/4/8/12
William Grant was a church minister to Kilmodan parish.
Kilmodan was also known as Glendaruel Parish or alternatively spelled Kilmadan. In 1841 the population was 578 and the parish's main industry was agriculture, with a large amount of acres as moorland pastures and the population adapting to more modern farming techniques. One of the parish's eminent men was mathematician Colin Maclaurin, who lived in the early 18th century.
[[Addressee]]
The Revd
Willm Grant
Kilmodan
Cairndow
[[Survey]]
QUERIES
1. How many Medical Men practice within the Parish of Kilmodan?
Two
2. The Names and Addresses of these
Donald McKellar, Surgeon
Clachan of
Glendaruel
Niel Fletcher, Surgeon
Ballachindrain
Glendaruel
3. Has the number increased or diminished of late years?
Neither
4. Have any left the Parish since you became connected with it? If so, for what reasons?
None
5. Is there any complaint among the people of inadequacy in the supply of Medical aid?
No
6. Do you know of any cases of protracted suffering, or of injury by Accident, such as might have been alleviated had proper advice been at hand?
None
7. To what extent is the deficiency of qualified Practitioners made up by the efforts of other parties?
No deficiency
8. Does your experience enable you to suggest any measure – of general applicability – such as would be likely to relieve to some extent the evils (if they exist) of deficiency in the supply of Medical aid?
[no text]
9. What Heritors1 are resident, either generally or occasionally, in your Parish?
Captain Campbell
of Glendaruel
and
Major Campbell of Ormidale
generally resident
Explanatory notes:
1. A heritor was a landowner, under Scots Law, whose holdings were sizeable enough for them to be liable for the payment of public burdens such as Poor Law rates, road and bridge assessments and the church minister’s stipend.
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