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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANGTON (Parish) | Langton (Parish) | New Statistical Account of Berwickshire -- Fullerton's Gazetteer of Scotland Chalmers Caledonia Map of Berwickshire |
009; 010; 015; 016 | [Continued] on the southern and on the north eas [east] boundary and one Langton Burn a clear stream, drains a large part [--] the parish, flows for some time between steep banks richly clothed in copses and afterwards meanders among the fine scenery of Langton wood. On a [--] in the farm of Raecleugh - head are distinct traces of two military stations supposed to have been Danish. On camp muir in the farm of Langhope - b [--] are traces of an encampment made by a party of troops both foot and hors [horse] stationed there in the reign of William and Mary to overawe the Jacobites - [--] the vicinity of a place called Battle-moor several urns and stone coffins h [have] been found - The ancient little town of Langton straggled over a length [--] about half a mile and during the unsettled period of the international [--] was a place of some consequence. Like other Border towns it suffered at different times from incursions and in particular was burnt in 155 [- --] Sir Henry Percy and Sir George Bowes. But in 1760 it was peacefully rased to the ground and substituted, at about half a mile from its site [--] the pleasant modern village of Gavinton. The estate of Langton includ [included] very nearly all the parish as well as part of Dunse and Longformacus was purchased in 1758 by David Gavin Esq and immediately made the scene of geological and planting operations which raised it to opulence and mantled it in beauty. Through his daughter who became first marchiones [marchioness] |
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