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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ELGIN [city] | City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin City of Elgin |
John Taylor, Magistrate Elgin Robert Wickhan Esq. Magte. [Magistrate] Elgin W: Culbard Esq: Magte. [Magistrate] Elgin R Batchen Esq: Magte. [Magistrate] Elgin William Skinner Esq: Solicitor & Act: [Acting] Town Clerk James Anderson Esq: Solicitor, Elgin John Nicol, Councillor, Elgin John Cran. Bank Agent Morayshire Railway Act: 1861 Public documents & Records of the City |
007 | The following description of Elgin is taken from the New Statistical Account of Elginshire- "Elgin is the county town, - the seat of the presbytery. - of the law and county courts. About the beginning of the eleventh century it appears to have been a considerable town, with a royal fort. The earliest Charter of Guildry was granted by Alexander II. in 1234. This charter was subsequently confirmed; and various local taxes remitted at different dates by the Earls of Moray, to whom the town was subject as Constables of the King's fort. Grants of land and other concessions by Alexander, Robert, James, I. II. and VI. were ratified by Charles I. in a charter dated the 8th of October 1633. The gross revenue of the burgh at present is about £600 per Annum. The town's arms represent St. Giles in a pastoral habit, holding a book in the right hand and a pastoral staff in the left with this motto "Sic iter ad astra" Since the passing of the Reform Bill the limits of the royalty have been greatly extended, and include the populous village of Bishopmill, in the Parish of New Spynie. The number of the enrolled constituency is 277, but at least twenty more have a right to the elective franchise who have not qualified. Along with Cullen, Banff, Peterhead, Kintore and Inverurie, it sends a Member to Parliament and is the returning burgh. ** There are various remains of religious houses in the Parish, the most interesting and magnificent of which are those of the Cathedral at the east end of the town." There are several elegant public buildings, chiefly among which are Grey's Hospital, Andersons Institution, the District Lunatic Asylum, Town & County Buildings, & a few branch Banks. The Streets are wide and cleanly kept & the houses are commodious & generally in good repair. The Municipal is only coextensive with the Parliamentary boundary of the City at two points. The Authorities such as the magistrates & others hold that City is the legal name of the town & it being so designated in all the Records & Public documents relating to Elgin that has been adopted though the town is scarcely entitled to that designation from its size or importance |
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[Page] 1City of Elgin
Elgin
In the character of Cities not
returning Members
Elgin is a City which
with other places sends
a Member to Parliament
Vide the description below
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