Editing Moniaive (section)

== History ==
Moniaive has existed as a village as far back as the 10th century. On 4 July 1636 King Charles I granted a charter in favour of William, Earl of Dumfries, making Moniaive a 'free Burgh of Barony'. With this charter came the rights to set up a [[market cross]] and [[tolbooth]], to hold a weekly market on Tuesday and two annual fairs each of three days duration. Midsummer Fair was from 16 June and Michaelmas Fair on the last day of September.

===Covenanting===
In the 17th century, Moniaive became the refuge for the [[Covenanter]]s, a group of [[Presbyterian]] [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformists]] who rebelled at having the [[Episcopal polity|Episcopalian]] religion forced on them by the last three [[House of Stuart|Stuart]] kings, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] and [[James II of England|James VII]]. There is a monument off the Ayr Road to [[James Renwick (Covenanter)|James Renwick]], a Covenanter leader born in Moniaive, and who aged 26 was the last Covenanter to be executed in [[Edinburgh]].

===James Paterson===
[[File:James Paterson - The Last Turning 1885.jpg|thumb|left| ''"The Last Turning",'' [[James Paterson (painter)|James Paterson]] (1885)]]
The Scottish artist [[James Paterson (painter)|James Paterson]], a founder member of [[Glasgow School|'The Glasgow Boys']], settled in Moniaive in 1884 and stayed for 22 years. He painted many local scenes including ''"The Last Turning"'' – a view of a woman approaching the village on the lane on the western side of the old millpond (now drained) in the Dalwhat Valley – now displayed in the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]]. A James Paterson museum existed within the village until 2005 displaying photographs and memorabilia from the collection of his granddaughter, Anne Paterson-Wallace.

===Cairn Valley Light Railway===
[[File:Moniaive station frontage view.JPG|thumb|[[Moniaive railway station|Moniaive station]] in 2009]]
The [[Cairn Valley Light Railway]] was opened from [[Dumfries]] in 1905 as a subsidiary company of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Plans initially had involved developing Moniaive into a resort due to the countryside being very scenic and peaceful.  Passenger services were suspended as a wartime economy on 3 May 1943 and to all traffic on 4 August 1947.