Dalbeattie

Dalbeattie is a town in the verifiable district of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dalbeattie is in a lush valley on the Urr Water 6 km 4 mi east of Castle Douglas and 19 km 12 mi south west of Dumfries. The town is popular for its rock industry and for being the main residence of William McMaster Murdoch, the First Officer of the RMS Titanic. There are signs from Court Records that a settlement existed on the site as ahead of schedule as 1658 and it is additionally specified in 1747. There is likewise proof from Presbytery Records which show there was a School Master in Dalbeattie in 1751.

The formal beginnings of Dalbeattie start in 1781 when George Maxwell of Munches and Alexander Copeland of Kingsgrange or Colliston chose to support the improvement of the town by feuing their property. The Maxwells possessed the arrive on the north side of the consume and the Copelands claimed the arrive on the south side. Each feu comprised of a real estate parcel, fronting a road, sufficiently substantial to assemble a house and develop vegetables and keep chickens and pigs. Each feu likewise had the privilege to cut turves peat from Aucheninnes Moss. This was critical as fuel was rare in Galloway, coal was costly and there were not very many trees. The feu obligations got a salary for the landowners and gave security for the occupants.