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WESTRUTHER (Parish) Westruther (Parish) Continued [from page 3]
Of various Peel-houses or border fortalices which once bristled athwart the surface, the only Surviving one, even in ruin is at Evelaw, 1¼ Mile N. [North] East of Wedderlie. It was only of a comparatively modern date that Westruther became a separate & independent parish. It belonged anciently to the widely extended parish of Home. On a new parochial division of this district at the Reformation it became a part of the parish of Gordon, and, down to the year 1647, the inhabitants of this place, had no nearer place of worship than the church of Gordon. That church, however, being about 8 miles distant from the Most northerly part of Westruther & there being no communication but through almost impassable Moors, a disjunction was effected, & the people Supplied with religious ordinances at Bassendean, which was Selected from the double reason of there being an old Catholic chapel there, which, though it had been discontinued Since the Reformation, was still in good condition - & of its being the site of a thriving & populous Village. This, however, was only a temporary arrangement - For in two years after the Inhabitants of Wedderlie
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Parish of Westruther -- W Beatty

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