Volume contents
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- 258 - Melrose , Title Page
- 259 - Melrose , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ABBOTSFORD | Abbotsford (Contd.) [Continued] | 007.03 | [Continued from page 100] by no means unsuitable ornament, the stone fountain, which formerly stood upon the Old Cross at Edinburgh. The projecting porch which forms the principal Entrance to the house, is copied from one in Linlithgow Palace, under its roof are a fine pair of the bones of the wild Bull. The door surmounted by a huge pair of petrified Antlers of the ancient British Elk, leads into a hall filled with curiosities, chiefly of an ancient and WarliKe character, and some very fine suits of Armour of different periods. The Walls are pannelled with richly carved old wainscoat, from the Palace of Dunfermline, and the floor is of blacK and white marble, from the Hebrides. Between the painted Arches of the roof are Shields presenting the Armorial bearings of Sir Walter's Father, his Maternal Ancestors, and the various families with whom he claimed Kindred. The Cornice of the ceiling contains the heraldic distinctions of the Douglasses, Kers, Scotts, Turnbulls, Maxwells, Chisholms, Elliotts, and Armstrongs; the fire place is finely cut, being copied from Melrose Abbey. In the Corner near the door, stand the ponderous Keys of the Old Tolbooth, so intimately [Continued on page 102] |
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Parish of Melrose -- Sheet 7. 3.
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 28 - Parish of Melrose, OS1/29/28
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Melrose.
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.