Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Maxton

Maxton, par., vil., and seat, with ry. sta., Roxburghshire, on S. side of river Tweed - par., 4422 ac., pop. 456; the vil. is 14 mile SE. of St Boswells and 8½ miles SW. of Kelso.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, village, and seat, with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Maxton ScoP       Roxburghshire ScoCnty
Place: Maxton

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