Volume contents
- 1 - Eccles , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Eccles , page 10
- 20 - Eccles , page 20
- 30 - Eccles , page 30
- 40 - Eccles , page 40
- 50 - Eccles , page 50
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- 114 - Eccles , page 114 (end)
- 115 - Eccles , title page
- 116 - Eccles , index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERSINGTON: TOWER (Site of) | Mersington Tower (Site of) | John Hood Esqr. Stoneridge Mr. Nisbet. Mersington James Dickson Esqr. Bughtrig. |
022.14 | This Tower, of which no vestige is remaining was situated about half a mile towards the S. W. [South West] from the present farm of Mersington, and was one of those strongholds, which are so often met with in the South of Scotland. _ It was destroyed in the time of the Marquis of Hertford's raid, during the famous burning in 1545, when the Castles of Redbraes, Dunse, Wedderburn, Melrose, the nunnery of Eccles, in all 16 Castles and Towers, 7 monasteries and friarhouses, 3 hospitals, 5 markettowns, 243 villages and 13 mills, in sum total. 287 places in the merse & Teviotdale were either burned or destroyed. _ It belonged originally to the Kerrs, afterwards to the second son of Swinton a Lord of Session in 1688, latterly to the Bells of Wolsington and since 1796 to Mr Thomas Nisbet. _ |
Continued entries/extra info
[page] 25 Parish of Eccles Sheet 22 No. 14 Trace 6 Collected by H. Sharban
Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 17 - Parish of Eccles, OS1/5/17
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Eccles.
Ordnance Survey - Berwick 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 Berwick, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.