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What was a "Cotton"?
« on: Tuesday 25 September 07 14:54 BST (UK) »
I found my relatives living at Cotton of Turin, in Angus on the 1841 census, can anyone tell me what that is? Thankyou
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Matthew,Tough,Sheriff,Guild,Gourlay,Cundall,Brown(Angus,Midlothian&Australia)
Dunn,Coombs,Dalrymple,Newman,Elliott, Embleton,Day
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 25 September 07 15:21 BST (UK) »
im pretty sure that ( cotton ) is on the dundee to perth road . . ive seen that sign a few times on my way to perth and thought what a strange name for a town , its only a little place  mostly country land .

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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 25 September 07 15:24 BST (UK) »
Small collection of farm cottages:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/placenames/scotsglossary-a-d.html
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CAPE Cumberland, England & Lanarkshire, Scotland
SCOTT Cumberland, England & Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 25 September 07 15:27 BST (UK) »
Forgot to say, numerous places across Scotland had a name that began "Cotton of" or similar.

If you go to Scots Origins website and type 'cotton' in the placenames box it should give you a list.
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LILLEY, County Antrim, Ireland (now NI).
HENDERSON,Lanarkshire,Scotland and probably  County Londonderry, Ireland (now NI).
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 25 September 07 15:29 BST (UK) »
hi again , just looked on google maps  cotton of turin is in forfar angus .
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 25 September 07 17:05 BST (UK) »
ever so sorry i thought you were asking where cotton was in angus . silly me
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 25 September 07 17:50 BST (UK) »
Thankyou all for the prompt replies.  Smiley
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Amos,Burnside,Cowan,Hamilton,Lawrie,Reid,Skeldon,(East Lothian, Berwickshire)
Matthew,Tough,Sheriff,Guild,Gourlay,Cundall,Brown(Angus,Midlothian&Australia)
Dunn,Coombs,Dalrymple,Newman,Elliott, Embleton,Day
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 25 September 07 19:17 BST (UK) »
The Ordnance Survey definition is a bit limp.  It actually means Cottar Town, in other words a group of estate or farm houses provided for housing Cottars (farm workers).
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 06 October 07 20:02 BST (UK) »
When I inquired about the meaning of Cotton when I went to the Angus family history center, I was told that it was from the French "cote en" meaning next to and, as IMBER says, is therefore a small group of houses/cottages near a farm for the farm workers to live in (although, my family of stonemasons lived in Cotton of Red Castle: maybe they were building it!)
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Morrell: Dundee, Oban, Perth, Rothesay
Harris: Glasgow, Dunoon
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 06 October 07 20:39 BST (UK) »
It would be fascinating to see what evidence Angus Family History Centre could produce to back up such a claim.  Until that unlikely event I'll stick with Cotton being a shortened form of Cottar Town.  A part transition can be found in Cottown of Balgownie near Aberdeen. There are numerous Angus examples listed on RootsWeb and one of my own ancestors stayed at Cottar Town of McKinney, somewhere in Angus. Anyone unfamiliar with the term Cottar may like to explore further by reading Burns' poem, The Cottar's Saturday Night.
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What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #10 on: Monday 05 May 08 19:27 BST (UK) »
Have been looking at some old maps of the Angus area, and the spelling given for the cottons is coteon - more like the French spelling for cote en than cottar.  But maybe, cottar comes from the same root as cotton or coteon - after all, they mean the same thing in the last analysis.

Link for an 1832 map is:  http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/516.html

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Fleming: Campsie, Glasgow, E Kilbride, Cumbria, Canada/USA, Oz (NSW)
Cant: Kilmichael, Inverness, Resoles, Moray
Stewart: Dingwall, Strathpeffer
Rankin(e): Argyll, Glasgow
Ferrier: Kinnell, Red Castle, Inverkeillor, Glasgow, Greenock
Morrell: Dundee, Oban, Perth, Rothesay
Harris: Glasgow, Dunoon
Hart: Govan
McDonnell/McDonald: Inverness, Paisley, Glasgow, Bristol
(Mc)Niven: Islay, Glasgow
MacDonald: N Uist, Glasgow
MacCorquodale: N Uist
Dear: St Cyrus
Gibb: St Vigeans
Bell: Forfarshire
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Re: What was a "Cotton"?
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 10:21 BST (UK) »

http://www.origins.net/help/resarticle-so-grocer.htm
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