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'''Crichton, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland (#681)'''<!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
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== '''History'''  ==
== '''History'''  ==
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The river Tyne takes its rise in the upper part of the parish and then flows east through the county of Haddington,&nbsp; Around the Castle of Crichton a great number of glow-worms are here in the summer. On the Longfaugh property there are very perfect remains of a Roman camp.&nbsp;&nbsp;The stand on a rising ground with an extensive view.&nbsp; The registers have been kept regularly&nbsp; since 1687.&nbsp; The population in 1801 was 923, and in 1831 it was 1163.&nbsp; The land is primarily used for grain, potatoes,&nbsp;turnips and hay.&nbsp; Pathhead is the principle village in the parish.&nbsp; The number of families in the Established Church is 189. The number of Dissenters in the parish are 79 families.&nbsp; The number of Dissenting families may be influenced by the fact that the Dissenting church building is in the villiage, and the Established Church building is 2 miles out of town.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The river Tyne takes its rise in the upper part of the parish and then flows east through the county of Haddington,&nbsp; Around the Castle of Crichton a great number of glow-worms are here in the summer. On the Longfaugh property there are very perfect remains of a Roman camp.&nbsp;&nbsp;The stand on a rising ground with an extensive view.&nbsp; The registers have been kept regularly&nbsp; since 1687.&nbsp; The population in 1801 was 923, and in 1831 it was 1163.&nbsp; The land is primarily used for grain, potatoes,&nbsp;turnips and hay.&nbsp; Pathhead is the principle village in the parish.&nbsp; The number of families in the Established Church is 189. The number of Dissenters in the parish are 79 families.&nbsp; The number of Dissenting families may be influenced by the fact that the Dissenting church building is in the villiage, and the Established Church building is 2 miles out of town.  


This account was written in 1839.
This account was written in 1839.  


'''Source:''' ''New Statistical Account of Scotland ''(FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol. 1)
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== '''Established Church—Old Parochial Registers'''  ==
== '''Established Church—Old Parochial Registers'''  ==
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