William Hunter

Biggar and the House of Fleming: An Account of the Biggar District, Archaeological, Historical, and Biographical

William Paterson, Edinburgh, 1867, second edition

Description and condition:

Brown cloth hardback with gilt lettering along spine, 5 3/4 by 8 3/4 inch (8vo), 623 pp., index, b/w engravings.

Good clean pages with the occasional foxing and occasional annotations relating to John Small of Skirling Mill. Overall a good or better copy of this hard to find title.

Contents:

Prehistoric remains in the Biggar district; supposed traces of the druids and Romans at Biggar; the town of Biggar; Biggar burns; Sunnyside and Candy; the castle of Boghall; Biggar churchyard; Biggar Kirk; the Presbytery of Biggar; the covenanters of the Biggar district; the North and South United Presbyterian Churches; Biggar schools &c.; Biggar a burgh of barony; the commerce and trade of Biggar; the Societies of Biggar; the witches of the biggar district; the vagrants of the Biggar district; the battle of Biggar; warlike movements and royal progresses at Biggar; historical sketches of the Fleming family; early conterminous proprietors; appendix.