Minnyhive

   MINNYHIVE, a village, in the parish of Glencairn, county of Dumfries, 17 miles (N. W. by W.) from Dumfries; containing 667 inhabitants. It is situated nearly in the centre of the parish, on the south bank of the small river Dalwhat, one of three streams that unite a little below the village, and form the Cairn. This place has latterly much increased in extent and population; and the houses which have recently been built are of a superior description; the inhabitants are partly engaged in agriculture, and partly in handicraft trades and manufactures. A post-office has been established; and fairs are held in March, July, and October, chiefly for hiring servants. The Dalwhat is crossed here by a bridge leading to the pleasant village of Dunreggan; and the turnpike-road from Dumfries passes in the vicinity. In Minnyhive is a cross, erected about 1638, when a charter was granted constituting the place a burgh of barony, with power to hold a weekly market; and within a quarter of a mile stands on rising ground a monument, erected in 1828, to the memory of the Rev. James Renwick, the last of the martyrs executed in 1688.