Volume contents
- 1 - Tweedsmuir , index
- 3 - Tweedsmuir , page 3 (start)
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- 86 - Tweedsmuir , page 86 (end)
- 87 - Tweedsmuir , title page
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Tweedsmuir
"Hawkshaw was formerly and for upwards of 1000 years the residence of the family
of Porteous allowed to have been the Chief of the name and the armorial bearing
of that family has for a motto "Let the Hawk Shaw" Near the dwelling house are
found vestiges of a Chapel and burial ground where the sculptured head of
a monk was found some time ago." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Peeblesshire page 64.
"Furder down upon the head of a burn on the south side of Tweed stands
the old house of Hawkshaw belonging to Porteous from a numerous race
of ancestors Chiefs of that name," Pennecuik's Description of Tweeddale page [ - ].
Transcriber's notes
Last word obscured at edge of page.
Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 46 - Parish of Tweedsmuir, OS1/24/46
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Tweedsmuir.
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.