The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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Page 4
... those who are attached to fuch ideas , are at no lofs to discover a variety of circum- stances favourable to the volcanic fyftem . Woods.- About fifty years ago the parish of Jedburgh a- bounded with wood . A few old oaks , elms ...
... those who are attached to fuch ideas , are at no lofs to discover a variety of circum- stances favourable to the volcanic fyftem . Woods.- About fifty years ago the parish of Jedburgh a- bounded with wood . A few old oaks , elms ...
Page 12
... those in the town roll to 37. They are maintained by affeffments . For fup . porting the county poor , a tax is laid upon the different pro- prietors of land , in proportion to the valued rents . The common method of proceeding in this ...
... those in the town roll to 37. They are maintained by affeffments . For fup . porting the county poor , a tax is laid upon the different pro- prietors of land , in proportion to the valued rents . The common method of proceeding in this ...
Page 14
... those who are infirm and receive fmall wages . Eight , ten , twelve , and fometimes twenty fhillings per quarter have been allowed for interim interim fupply . There are few inftances of any family 14 Statistical Account.
... those who are infirm and receive fmall wages . Eight , ten , twelve , and fometimes twenty fhillings per quarter have been allowed for interim interim fupply . There are few inftances of any family 14 Statistical Account.
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... Those who are orphans under ten years old , or who are very old and infirm , and without re- lations to affift them , are boarded out at the rate of L. 4 Sterling per annum . Befides the relief from the parish , the poor receive ...
... Those who are orphans under ten years old , or who are very old and infirm , and without re- lations to affift them , are boarded out at the rate of L. 4 Sterling per annum . Befides the relief from the parish , the poor receive ...
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... those of the best qualities . At particular times of the year they are all much cheaper ; and though at fome periods , they amount to 5d . a pound , these dear times do not last long . The price of a roafting pig is 4s . ; of a goofe 2s ...
... those of the best qualities . At particular times of the year they are all much cheaper ; and though at fome periods , they amount to 5d . a pound , these dear times do not last long . The price of a roafting pig is 4s . ; of a goofe 2s ...
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acres alfo almoſt alſo annum antient Appin arable average barley befides beſt black cattle bolls called cattle chalders church coaft coal confiderable confifts courſe Cramond crops Cupar diſtance diſtrict eaſt Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame farmers farms feems fervants feven feveral fheep fhore fide fince firſt fiſh fituated fize fmall foil fold fome fometimes fouth fown fpirit fpring ftill ftipend ftone fuch fummer fupply fynod glebe grafs greateſt ground harveſt heritors hill horfes horſes houfes houſe inclofed increaſe inhabitants interfected iſland Jedburgh Kiltearn labour laft land laſt late Lifmore lime manfe marriages Martinmas Meigle miles minifter moft moſt muſt nearly neighbourhood neral oats occafionally parish paſture peats perfons plough poor population Portpatrick prefbytery prefent proprietors raiſed refide rent river roads ſchool Scotland Scots ſeveral ſheep ſmall ſtate Sterling ſtone Stranraer tenants thefe themſelves theſe thoſe town turnip uſed veffels village wages weft