Volume contents
- 1 - Melrose , Page 1 (start)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLOETHORN BANK | Sloethorn Bank Sloethorn Bank Sloethorn Bank |
Revd [Reverend] William Murray. Minister of Melrose Ph. [Parish] Allan Freer Esq. Banker, Melrose Mr John Murray. Wester Housebyres |
003.12 | A hilly portion of land, through which the Parish Road from Melrose, to Lauder passes. |
| JESSIE'S COTTAGE | Jessie's Cottage Jessie's Cottage Jessie's Cottage |
Revd [Reverend] William Murray. Minister of Melrose Ph. [Parish] Allan Freer Esq. Banker, Melrose Mr John Murray. Wester Housebyres |
003.16 | A neat cottage, one story high, built w [with] stone and slated; it is on the farm of W [Wester] Housebyres. - |
| THE KNOWES | The Knowes The Knowes The Knowes |
Revd [Reverend] William Murray. Minister of Melrose Ph. [Parish] Allan Freer Esq. Banker, Melrose John Bruce Esq Wester Langlee |
003.16 | Several fields on the farm of Wester La [Langlee] now in a state of cultivation. These fields have a great number of round and oblong hills in them, much resembling [--] and that there is more than resemblance is [proven] by several Roman implements having been ploughed out of a Tumulus (of which there is now no [sign] in one of them; but historians and Antiquaries who have in other respects minutely described this [--] pass these places without notice, and no authority [can] consequently be obtained, to prove that they are Artificial. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Melrose Parish
Sheet 3. 16 Traces 3 & 4
Thomas Cosgrove Corp [Corporal] R.E. [Royal Engineers]
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.