Dunning: Its Parochial History, with notes, Antiquarian, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, and Miscellaneous, by John Wilson
By JOHN WILSON, D.D., MINISTER at DUNNING, 1861 - 1878.
Extended by W Wilson, M.A., Minister at Trossachs.
CRIEFF: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY D. PHILIPS, STRATHEARN HERALD OFFICE. 1906
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
THIS historical sketch of the parish of Dunning was compiled by the Rev. John Wilson, D.D., and published in connection with the introduction of water into the village in 1872, as a contribution to a bazaar held to raise funds for that purpose. The edition issued was very soon exhausted, but the book continued to be asked for, and it is thought probable that a re-issue will now be acceptable to many who are interested in Dunning. The main features of the book remain the same, but after a lapse of more than 30 years, new events and some comparisons with former periods invited bringing up to present date, which has been done. Some additional historical information, by the kind consent of the Rev. P. Thomson, D.D., the present minister, has been incorporated from his interesting chapter on Dunning in “Chronicles of Strathearn” (D. Philips, Crieff, 1896). Also by the courtesy of the late Rev. Robert Small, D.D., much of the information concerning the Nonconforming Churches in Dunning is borrowed from his “History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church.” The present Editor must be held responsible for considerable extension, and, for some conjectures in the section on the Architecture of the Church. Other various additions and alterations do not seem to call for special mention.
W. W.
MANSE OF TROSSACHS, 1906.