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A '''Border Clan''', | A '''Border Clan''', also historically known as a '''grayne''', is a family which originates in the Anglo-Scottish Border region. Many of these ended up involved in the Plantation of Ulster, and also settled in parts of North America. | ||
The historic riding surnames recorded by George MacDonald Fraser in ''The Steel Bonnets'' (1989)<ref>George McDonald Fraser, pp. 56–65</ref> are: | The historic riding surnames recorded by George MacDonald Fraser in ''The Steel Bonnets'' (1989)<ref>George McDonald Fraser, pp. 56–65</ref> are: | ||
'''''East March''''' | '''''East March''''' | ||
* Scotland: | * Scotland: Hume, Trotter, Dickson, Broomfield, Craw, Cranstoun. | ||
* England: | * England: Forster, Selby, Grey, Dunn. | ||
'''''Middle March''''' | '''''Middle March''''' | ||
* Scotland: Burns, | * Scotland: Burns, Kerr, Young, Pringle, Davison, Gilchrist, Tait, Scott, Oliver, Turnbull, Rutherford of West Teviotdale. Armstrong, Croser, Elliot, Nixon, Douglas, Laidlaw, Routledge, Turner, Henderson of Liddesdale, Thomson, Jamieson, Hunter | ||
* England: Anderson, Potts, | |||
* England: Anderson, Potts, Reed, Hall, Hedley of Redesdale. Charlton, Robson, Dodd, Dodds, Milburn, Yarrow, Stapleton of Tynedale. Also Fenwick, Ogle, Heron, Witherington, Medford (later Mitford), Collingwood, Carnaby, Shaftoe, Ridley, Stokoe, Stamper, Wilkinson, Huntley | |||
'''''West March''''' | '''''West March''''' | ||
* Scotland: Bell, | * Scotland: Bell, Irvine, Johnstone, Graham, Maxwell, Carlisle, Beattie, Little, Carruthers, Glendenning, Routledge, Moffat. | ||
* England: | * England: Hetherington, Musgrave, Storey, Lowther, Curwen, Salkeld, Dacre, Harden, Hodgson, Routledge, Tailor, Noble. | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
* MacDonald Fraser, George (1971). The Steel Bonnets. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-272746-3. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] |
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