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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANCRUM | Ancrum (Parish) | Continued | The stipend consists of 16 chalders of Victual and £8.6.8 for communion elements. There are three schools in the parish, the Parochial, and two others. of the latter, there is one that is endowed, having been formerly the Parish School of Longnewton, where it is situated and still retaining the provision it had previously to the annexation of the parish of that name to the parish of Ancrum. Its endowment consists of £11.0.0 per annum, with a good house and garden for the accommodation of the teacher, and its patronage is vested in the proprietor of the Barony of Longnewton. In all these schools the ordinary branches of Education are taught viz English, English grammar, writing & arithmetic, in addition to which, in the parish school, instruction is given in Greek, Latin & French, Geography & practical Mathematics - for the three latter branches, however, the demand is very limited. |
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Parish of Ancrum W. Beatty
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 1 - Parish of Ancrum, OS1/29/1
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Ancrum.
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh 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 Roxburgh, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.