Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Bowden (Parish) | Bowden (Parish) | Continued | times, the occasional residence of the Roxburgh family - The house and lands of "Holydean" were included in the grants made by David I to the monks of Selkirk, and were confirmed to them, by renewed charters, after their translation to Kelso. Holydean, was not long ago, a strong fortification of its kind. The Court yard, containing about 3/4 of an acre, was surrounded by a strong stone and lime wall, four feet thick, and sixteen feet high, with slanting holes between Fire-free stones, about 30 feet from each other, from which an arrow or musket could have been pointed in different directions - upon an arched gateway in the front, there was a strong iron gate - Within the Court stood two strong Towers, the one of three, the other of five stories, consisting of 8 or 10 lodgeable rooms, besides Porters' lodges. |
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Continued entries/extra info
Parish of Bowden
W. Beatty CA [Civilian Assistant]
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Transcriber's notes
in describing castle wall stones, surveyor uses word that looks like "FIRE-free". but a few pages later the same word is definitely "FIVE". So transcribed in both situations as "FIVE".
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 4 - Parish of Bowden, OS1/29/4
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Bowden.
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.