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Old Photographs Gavinton Scotland
Old photograph of cottages and people in Gavinton, Berwickshire, Scotland. The first records of the area came in the reign of David I of Scotland when Richard de Ow, the king's retainer, was in possession of lands and church of Langton. Richard was succeeded at Langton by William de Vipont and that family were the lairds until 1314 when Sir William, Lord of Langton, died at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. The lordship at Langton Tower passed to Sir Alexander Cockburn when he married Mary, the Vipont heiress. In 1496, King James IV of Scotland sent his artillery to Langton to prepare for an English incursion then Mary Queen of Scots was believed to have spent a night at Langton Tower during a survey of the border lands. The old village of Langton, so called because of its straggling layout, Longtown, was attacked and raised to the ground in 1558 by Sir Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland.
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