Volume contents
- 1 - Yarrow , page 1 (start)
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- 172 - Yarrow , title page
- 173 - Yarrow , index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elibank Castle (Ruins of) | Elibank Castle (Ruins of) | Andrew Shortreed Gardner Andrew Shortreed. Manager William Barr. Farm Servant |
007.02 | This place is now in ruins, it is the remains of the ancestral stronghold of the now noble family of Murray. It is supposed to have been in it's prime about the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century, about the latter time, according to tradition, it was inhabited by Sir Gideon Murray, ancestor of the present Lord Elibank, who had a family of marriageable but illfavored daughters. And Sir Gideon having got Young Willie Scott the Laird of Harden into his power, forced him to purchase his life by marrying one of them. See the tradition in Wilsons tales of the Borders - Parlour Edition 2nd Vol. p.1 Title The wife or the Wuddy |
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Collected by Robert Young 2nd Corp RE [Corporal Royal Engineers]
Ordnance Survey - Selkirk county, OS Name Books - Selkirk county - Volume 14 - Parish of Yarrow, OS1/30/14
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Yarrow.
Ordnance Survey - Selkirk 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 Selkirk, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.