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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MAXTON [parish] | Maxton (Parish) | continued | [Continued from page 1] population - being able, it is said to turn out 1000 fighting men. It is now reduced to a few miserable Cottages; the only marKs of its former Consequence that remain, are the foundations of its houses, which are still occasionally turned up by the plough in several of the neighbouring fields, and the shaft of its ancient Cross, which is yet standing in front of a few hovels, that mark the place where its principal street once was. The present Parish of Maxton consists of two parishes ie, Maxton and the suppressed parish of Rutherford. Rutherford was a Considerable Village, and went by this name at least several centuries ago. Long before the Reformation this place and the territory around it, [Continued on page 3] |
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[Page] 2Parish of Maxton
[Signed] W Beatty
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