AUCHINEARN-OLD-AND-NEW, a village, in the
parish of Cadder, Lower ward of the county of Lanark;
containing 561 inhabitants, chietly employed in agriculture.
In this village is situated one of the parochial
schools, endowed with 1000 merks by the late
Rev. James Warden, a former incumbent of the parish.
In 1764 Dr. William Leechm.m, principal of the university
of Glasgow, and then proprietor of this estate, gave
in trust to the Kirk Session, a schoolroom and house
for a teacher, with a small portion of land, on condition
that they should appoint a master. The school-house
was handsomely rebuilt in 18'26, by the late Charles
Stirling, Esq., assisted by Archibald Lamont, Esq., and
other heritors. The master receives a salary of £8. 10.,
with £12 fees, and the interest of the Rev. James Warden's
bequest. A library has lately been established in
the village.