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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKTON [parish] | Kirkton Kirkton Kirkton Kirktoun Kirktown |
List of Post Towns for 1857. Valuation Rolls for 1811. Johnston's Map of Roxburghshire. New Statistical Acct. [Account] of Roxburghshire Blackwood's Map of Roxburghshire |
025: 026 | [Situation] In the Southern division of the County of Roxburgh. The name of this Parish has the adjunct variously spelt town toun and ton.The last mode has been adopted, - ton in such proper names being the modern orthography for toun of town. The Parish of Kirkton is bounded on the North by that of Cavers, on the East by Cavers, on the South partly by Teviothead and Cavers and on the West partly by Teviothead, Hawick and Cavers.There is no detached part of this Parish situate within the boundaries of another nor is there within its limits a detached portion of another Parish. Consisting of a strip stretching from North-East to South-West - it measures about 8 miles in length and on the average 1 1/2 mile in breadth and contains an area of about 6,223 Imperial acres. Between the Streams Allan Water on the Southern boundary and Slitrig Water the district is generally mountainous and rugged fit only for pasture and north-eastward of the Slitrig it chiefly undulates in small green hills suitable as pasturage but usually with the hollows between them ploughed. The soil on the arable lands is poor and shallow. There are several streams of considerable size throughout the locality of which Slitrig Water is the most important which however has only a course of 1 1/2 mile across the Parish. There are no hills remarkable either in feature or for elevation. A branch of [continued on page 2] |
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[Page] 1Parish of Kirkton -- County of Roxburgh
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