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MAXTON Maxton (Parish) Continued [Continued from page 3] formed a distinct parish, which had a Church and an an Hospital of its own of these buildings there are now no remains. The Patronage of Rutherford, which at one time belonged to the Earls of Douglas, was granted before the year 1483, by James Rutherford, of that Ilk; but the church being afterwards suffered to go to ruin, the parish was united to Maxton, & the advowson fell into oblivion. The Hospital was dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, & destined for receiving strangers, & maintaining poor & infirm people. The sites of the church & the Hospital cannot be traced. About a mile to the West where the village of Rutherford formerly was, stand the ruins of "Littledean Tower", beautifully situated on a high bank of the river, & once a place of great strength. On a high ridge between the parishes of Maxton [Continued on page 4]

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Parish of Maxton
[Signed] W Beatty

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