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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

The Stipend is 16 Chalders of Victual - Besides the Parish School, there is a shool [school] in each of the Villages, for each of which a Comfortable School house has been built and some little endowments -
There is a small school at Langshaw with a salary of £3.0.0. a year derived from a Mortification - and assistance from the Countess of Haddington -

In the Parochial School, the higher branches of education are taught admirably well. The teacher is thoroughly versed in Latin, Greek, French, Mathematics, with their application to the Arts & Sciences -
His salary is £30.0.0. - £4.0.0. less than the maximum but he has the legal accommodation - The school-fees are two shillings a quarter for English, & for the higher branches of education 6s/6 [£0.6.6] and 8s/- [£0.8.0] The number of Scholars about 80 or 90 -

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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