Old Photograph Snout Church Roberton Scotland

Old photograph of Snout Church in Roberton village located five miles from Hawick, Borders, Scotland. The unusual name comes from the nose like feature of the river enclosing the church on three sides. This small former church in the Borthwick Valley was built shortly after the Disruption of 1843, as Roberton Free Church. The dissenting congregation first held meetings in the joiner’s yard at Deanburnhaugh, before being given the ground at Parkhillhaugh by John Chisholme. The surname Roberton is of territorial origin, coming from the ancient manor of the same name, now in the parish of Roberton in Lanarkshire. A charter, granted at Lesmahago by Hugh, son of Robert, son Waldeve de Bigar, was witnessed by Robert of Robertstun in 1228. In 1296, Steven de Roberton of the county of Lanark render homage to England’s King Edward I, and, sometime between 1304 and 1305, Master Stephen de Rodberdeston, or Roberdestone, was clerk to Sir James Dalilegh. John of Monfode was given the lands of Robertstoun in Lanarkshire by King Robert I at sometime before 1329. In 1408, Stephen de Roberton was granted letters of safe conduct to travel from Henry IV of England. In Glasgow, in 1440, John de Robertoun was presbyter, and, in 1487, the lands of Modervile, now Motherwell, were owned by John of Robertone of that Ilk.



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