Muckletown's History

[castlebob]

Can anyone tell me when Muckletown was founded, plus when/where the first known reference to it can be found?
Cheers,
Bob

[GR2]

You will have to give us more information. "Muckletown" is like "Newton" or "Middleton", only part of a name. It will be "Muckletown of ......" What parish is it in?

[castlebob]

It's about two miles north of Alford.

[GR2]

If you use the National Library of Scotland's maps website and locate Muckletown on a 19th century 6" Ordnance Survey map, then change the map to Roy's mid-18th century military map, you find that Muckletown does not appear by that name then. It is a fermtoun on the Knockespock estate.

Knockespock, in the parish of Clatt, means "bishop's hill". It is stressed on the -esp-. The mansion house is built round a late 16th century laird's house. It belonged/belongs (?) to the Fellowes-Gordon family.

The full name of the place would be Muckletown of Knockespock, to distinguish it from Netherton of Knockespock etc..

[DonM]

Muckletown/Muckleton is an area not a town.  In early maps there was a Muckleton Croft to the east. 

In the 19th C Muckleton Steeding was built.   

http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/rcahms/244594/muckletown-steading/rcahms?item=959832

If look on Google Maps you will see there are a few farms and that's about it.

For old maps http://maps.nls.uk/counties/index.html

Don

[castlebob]

Thanks All,
Excellent info.
Cheers,
Bob