Old travel Blog photograph of the Manse in the village of Bargrennan located 9 miles north west of Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is by the River Cree and on the A714 road to Girvan. The Southern Upland Walking Way runs through the village and the Glentrool Forest, managed by the Forestry Commission, is to the north east of the village. A manse is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, United church, Baptist and other traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin mansus, " dwelling ", from manere, " to remain ", by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family. Many notable Scots have been called " sons, or daughters, of the manse", and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture. When selling a former manse, the Church of Scotland always requires that the property should not be called " The Manse " by the new owners, but " The Old Manse "
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