Pawston

PASTON, a township, in the parish of Kirk-Newton, union of Glendale, W. division of Glendale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 6 miles (S.) from Coldstream; containing 199 inhabitants. The township is situated on the river Beaumont, and comprises 2360 acres, of which 1453 are arable, 780 pasture, and 127 wood; the soil is a light loam, well adapted for turnip husbandry. There are some quarries of whinstone for building and for the roads. The remains of a circular camp are still visible on the summit of Paston Hill; it appears to have been a double intrenchment, the outer trench 400 yards in circumference. At the western base of the hill, in removing a cairn of stones in 1838, a small earthen urn was found, containing ashes and small pieces of burnt bones.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.