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GORDON Gordon (Parish) Continued [continued from page 5]
education, & parents in the humblest condition of life exert themselves to the utmost to secure for their children as much education as possible. A parish library was established upwards of ten years. It is in a flourishing State, & has been the means of spreading a taste for general reading. There is a Free church, 1 inn & one alehouse in the Village of West Gordon. New Statistical Account
The fuel used consists of Peat & Turf. Coal, which is brought from a distance of 24 miles is also used but not so generally. There was also Chapel at Huntlywood within the parish of Gordon P. [Page] 33-38) which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Chalmers Caled. Vol [Caledonia Volume] 2 P. [Page] 386.

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Gordon Parish
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I have no idea where the chapel stood. I did not even know that a chapel existed until Mr Stobbs informed me. I have a field called the Chantry & another called Chapel Lea & from these names I should suppose the chapel to have been within either of them but whereabouts I cannot even guess. Signed George Henderson, Huntlywood

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