Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOWER [Barns] | Tower Tower Tower |
New Stat:Acct: [Statistical Account] Mr Todd Haswellsykes Revd [Reverend] J. Little Manor |
013 | [Situation] About 8 Chains S.W. [South West] of Barns A Square tower of Some antiquity adjoining the Mansion house of Barns. It is in a good state of preservation and appears to have been of Some Strength - This is Evidently one of the Border Peelhouses or Towers, erected to preserve property during the incursions of Freebooters. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Manor -- Sheet 13 No 9
[Note] -- "There Still remain the
ruins of Some of the fortified
residences of the Chieftains; Which
formed a Confederate Chain of
beacon-towers, Extending from
our extremity of the parish to the other, And from whose
fire-Proof Summits by day the signals of smoke, and
fire by night, proclaimed, in the Course of a few minutes
to the whole inhabitants of the vale, the approach of
the English Moss-Troopers *** In addition to these,
there were houses of defence (Peel-houses) at St Gordian's
or Gorgham's Kirk, Old Posso Glenrath, town of Manor
Woodhouse, And Barns, - the last of which is still
preserved entire". -- New Stat: Acct: [Statistical Account] Peebles-shire Page 116.
Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 28 - Parish of Manor, OS1/24/28
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Manor.
Ordnance Survey - Peebles county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Peebles, which is in the south of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.