The Mouth of the Mersey River

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It was here Sir John, wife, and four sons were given land by the Crosby marsh in 1166, where they built Crosby, Little Crosby, and Great Crosby. What were those first days like?

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Which came first, the Person, or the Place? That happens to be a big argument.

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A little beneath Moniaive in this Parish stands the Church of Glencarne, situate at the foot of an high Hill called the Dune of Shankcastle, near to which also stands the Castle of Glencarne anciently the Dwelling place of the noble Family of the Cunighames Earles of Glencarne who being Superiour to the whole Parish, excepting a Barony or two, did divide the Property amongst his Jackmen for the greater part of it, into several Tenements, bearing the name of the first Occupants,²²⁷ which denominations, though the lands now be possessed by these of other names, yet they do still retain as at first as Blackstown, Inglistown, Crawfordtown, Stewartown, Gilmores
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town, Gordonstown, Garriokstown and some others more And it is probable that other places had the like denomination, though now changed. At the Disposition of the Superiority of this Parish, the Earle of Glencarne did reserve the Superiority of one Room called Nether Kirkcudbright, which he yet retains, and at the Disposition of his own Property a little Know near the Castle of Glencarne, which Castle with a considerable part of the Parish doth now pertain to Robert Laurie of Maxeltoun Baron of Straith which makes him capable of electing and being elected a Commissioner for the Parliament.

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The Scottish habit was to name a place after its FIRST INHABITANTS.