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| NENTHORN (Parish) | Nenthorn (Parish) | Continued | [Continued from Page 8] remember well, when there was scarcely any passage for Wheel-Carriages from Nenthorn to Kelso in wet weather, whereas the same Course is now travelled over daily at the rate of 8 or 9 miles per hour. The Church, which was built in 1802 on a very Contracted Scale, is disgracefully situated at a place where two roads meet, without enclosure of any sort, & without a Bell. It inconveniently accommodates 140 Sitters, including the private galleries of Newton Don, & Nenthorn. The Church-yard, where the old church stood, is at a Considerable distance, embosomed among trees in a Sequestered spot, by the Side of the Eden. The living all derived from the teinds, has varied from £220. to £135. of late years the average is barely the minimum. It is paid, one half in money, and the other in wheat, barley, oats, and pease, according to the fair prices. The Glebe Consists of rather more than 7 1/2 acres, and is worth £22. a year rent. A suitable new Manse is in the Course of erection [Continued on Page 10] |
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[Page] 9Parish of Nenthorn -- W Beatty
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