At the beginning of each section of the directory is a description of the area and the section for Moffat (with the parishes of Johnstone, Kirkpatrick-Juxta and Wamphray) says that Moffat is a genteel small town with a wide and spacious High St. It has long been famous for the medicinal virtues of its mineral waters; there being 3 springs. One is sulphurous and called Moffat Well and the other two chalybeate, one called Hartfell Spa and the other Gartpool Linn in the parish of Kirkpatrick Juxta. The Moffat Well is about a mile from the town with a good road leading to it and also bath-rooms in town to which the water is conveyed in leaden pipes. The springs attract visitors from all over Scotland and northern England, hoping to benefit from their healing powers. So presumably all those visitors who come to drink the water stay in the lodging houses!! Irene chalybeate mean it contains iron salts (says the dictionary) Yum, yum................am I glad I live in the 21st century <LOL>