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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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Parish of Melrose

W. Beatty

Melrose (Parish) Continued -
which have been dug up, were ranged along the East, West, & North walls of the Cloister Completely Secluded from the outer world, & concealed behind their Splendid Southern Screen, the Majestic pile of the Abbey, which might have extended as far beyond the quadrangle in the west as it does in the east --
Such seems to have been the general outlines of this famous building, so far as they can be traced in its present dismantled state. The architecture is the finest Gothic, belonging evidently to an age when the art, in all its departments, & that style of building in particular, had arrived at the highest perfection - -
As might have been expected in the vicinity of such an establishment, several memorials of the past exist - in every quarter - -

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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