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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMMERMOOR HILLS | Lammermoor Hills | Fullerton's Gazetteer Scotland Map of Berwickshire Map of Scotland |
003 ; 004 ; 009 ; 010 | A broad range of Moorish heights Stretching Eastwards from the Gala Water, in the South Eastern extremity of Mid Lothian to the German Ocean at the promontories of Fast Castle Earlscleugh, & St. Abbs Head in the parish of Coldingham Berwickshire. The Lammermoors all lie within East Lothian & Berwickshire; Commencing at their extreme western limit - forming for two-thirds of their extent a Southern screen, or belt, of uplands to Midlothian - & Constituting, if the Lammermoor portion of Lauderdale be included - nearly half of Berwickshire. The Lammermoors are, in themselves, an extensive range of, for the most part, wild, cheerless, unsightly heights - nowhere bold & imposing in aspect, & after Subsiding into low rolling Table-lands - of bleak moor - They were at one time Clothed with Forests & must have been as bewildering to the Traveller as grandly Sylvan in their Vast Contribution to their landscape. They |
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Parish of Abbey St. Bathans -- W. Beatty
Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 2 - Parish of Abbey St Bathans, OS1/5/2
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Abbey St. Bathans.
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.