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Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 28 - Parish of Melrose, OS1/29/28

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[Page] 175
Melrose Parish -- Sheet 8-1 -- Trace 4 & 5
John McCabe

[Note Fordel Villa, name scored out, not in Index] -- Not written on the Plan, not being
Considered of Sufficient importance

[Spelling] -- Fordel Villa
Fordel Villa
Fordel Villa
Fordel Villa

[Authorities] -- Allan Freer. Esqr Owner
T. J. Dunn Esqr
James Curle Esqr
Revd [Reverend] William Murray

[Description] -- A very neat, And Substantially built residence, It is two Stories high, And having a Small outbuilding, a natly laid out garden, And a Small Ornamented plot (in front) It is the property And residence of Allan Freer Esqr
The Ancient name of Melrose, prior to to the erection of the Abbey, in, 1136, was, Little "Fordel", Hence the name. -

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.

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