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| MAXWELLTOWN | [Continued from page 61] Quoad Sacra chapel, the other a Free Church (See description for each) there are 2 Schools in the Burgh Ph [Parish] and Free Church Schools, There is one good Inn, which affords good accommodation to travellers, [besides] several other Smaller public houses. One receiving office for letters in connection with Dumfries [post] Office, a tolerably good Butcher Market, several provisions shops, and one Booksellers Shop, There are [also] Several Nurseries around the Burgh, and some gardens which partly Supply vegetables to the Markets of [Dumfries]. The population in 1841 appears to be [3230], Maxwellton was erected into a parish Quoad Sacra in 1834 [by] Authority of the General Assembly. |
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