Descriptive text includes: Poor rate assessment £5120.
The Parton Haematite Iron Co. Limited, have two furnaces of the most modern and improved construction, and manufacture a superior kind of pig iron. The works were commenced in 1874 by Messrs. Blair and Vance, but were purchased by the present proprietors in 1876.
Williamson School... The original constitutions have been somewhat modified since the passing of the Elementary Education Act; the school is ow under Government inspection, and the master is paid a fixed salary and a portion of the grant.
The Wilson Memorial Sunday School was erected in 1876, and the Congregational Chapel in 1861.