The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 226
documents relating to the erectionof the cross are known to have been lost in the fire which burned allthat was inflammable within the old castle in 1663. The Hamiltonsof Preston had a grant in 1617 of the right to hold an annual fair, which * See Vol. I. p. 317. PRESTON CROSS — 211 FOURTH PERIOD… … Fig. 1321.—Preston Cross. View from South-East. FOURTH PKRIOD 212 ABERDEEN MEROAT CROSS society called The Chapmen of the Lothians acquired the right to thefair and to the cross; and down to very recent times they assembledannually beside it, and elected their office-bearers. So late as 1851, oneof…
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