Volume contents
- 1 - Greenlaw , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Greenlaw , page 10
- 16 - Greenlaw , page 16
- 16A - Greenlaw , page 16a
- 20 - Greenlaw , page 20
- 30 - Greenlaw , page 30
- 31 - Greenlaw , page 31
- 31A - Greenlaw , page 31a
- 31B - Greenlaw , page 31b
- 31C - Greenlaw , page 31c
- 31D - Greenlaw , page 31d
- 40 - Greenlaw , page 40
- 50 - Greenlaw , page 50
- 60 - Greenlaw , page 60
- 70 - Greenlaw , page 70
- 80 - Greenlaw , page 80
- 90 - Greenlaw , page 90
- 95 - Greenlaw , page 95 (end)
- 96 - Greenlaw , title page
- 97 - Greenlaw , index
Continued entries/extra info
their warfare against the Scots and Pits. When Hongist and Horsa perceived the facility with which they could subdue the Britons, they wrote to Germany, upon this Ida a Saxon Prince arrived in the year 547 in Northumbria with his army and took after some resistance possession of it and the lowlands of Berwickshire. These "Black Dikes" are supposed to [have] been at one time part of the boundary of [?] possession or outer line of defence. The [?Saxons] appear to have first penetrated as far as [the] Banks of the Whiteadder where a fortified [?] has been observed and after some time ex[tended] their possession to the South Bank of the [Black] adder, where the Black Dikes indicate an[other]defence and finally they made their way[? as far] as Galashields and Jedburgh, where a simi [lar] entrenchment called "Catzail" forms th [e] [? third] of the three successive features.
Transcriber's notes
I have transcribed as much as I can but have put certain words in square brackets which I would like someone to check, thanks.
Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 23 - Parish of Greenlaw, OS1/5/23
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Greenlaw.
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.