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

Continued entries/extra info

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Parish of Melrose

W.Beatty Ca [Civilian assistant]

Melrose (Parish) Continued,
To the west of the transept there are two magnificent rows of pillars ranged along the north & South side of the nave, which form two passages leading into the interior, where it is most spacious, the intersection of the transep [transept] and nave - The passage on the North side is bounded by a blind wall, that on the South, which is broader & more magnificent, opens into a long series of aisles, intended, perhaps, to serve as confessionals, Private Chapels, Baptistries, or Queers, each highly ornamented, and terminated by a splendid Gothic Window - Upon the north side of the building, indications are observable on the outer wall, of a large quadrangular cloister, which, beginning at the transept had extended 150 feet West, and also of a spacious arcade and piazza, with which it had been surrounded - The habitations of the Monks, as is said & confirmed by architectural indications & foundations

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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