Place:Kirkton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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NameKirkton
TypeParish
Coordinates55.41672°N 2.72756°W
Located inRoxburghshire, Scotland     (1707 - 1975)
See alsoCavers, Roxburghshire, Scotlandadjacent parish with which Kirkton is linked
Borders, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
Scottish Borders, Scotlandunitary authority since 1996
source: Family History Library Catalog


From the website of the Borders Family History Society:

"Kirkton is a moorland parish in south Roxburghshire. The Parishes of Teviothead and Hawick are to the west, The parish of Cavers is on the north, whilst on the east lies the Parish of Hobkirk and Castleton will be found to the south. Kirkton may have been known as Cavers Parva (Little Cavers) in medeival times. The ecclesiastical Parish of Kirkton has been combined with Cavers and they are know linked with Hawick Trinity."

Old Parish Records cover the periods:

Births: 1707 to 1854.
Marriages: 1707 to 1844.

The parish is not considered sufficiently independent to be included in the parishes included in either in Wikipedia or Scottish People. The co-ordinates given are those of the hamlet of Kirkton from a map on the website of the National Library of Scotland.

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Refer to the Parish of Cavers.