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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 23 - Parish of Greenlaw, OS1/5/23

Continued entries/extra info

[page] 6 -- Greenlaw Parish -- W Beatty

Greenlaw (Parish) -- Greenlaw (Parish) -- Continued -- *See the Name Sheet Page 61.* -- Besides the New jail _ there is an elegant County Hall. The building is of Grecian Architecture, and of a very Chaste design. It contains a large Hall - 60 feet long by 40 feet wide, the Ceiling is 28 feet in height - The hall is adorned with two fluted Columns, with Corinthian Capitals at each end _ There are also a number of other apartments in the building for the accommodation of the Sheriff and the Gentleman who attend County meetings - There is front a beautiful vestibule surrounded by a dome - in which there is a fire- proof room for holding the records of the County - It was built at the whole expense of Sir. W. P. H Campbell Bart. [Baronet] and presented by him to the County -
The jail was erected in the year 1824. It is a very neat building, Consisting of two day rooms for felons and one Court for
*See the Name List page 61 -*

Transcriber's notes

2 entries in red seem to have been added after the description was written and relate to the position of the 'objects' in the Name Lists. I have marked them with * to distinguish them from descriptive remarks. They are in 2 different columns so it was difficult to know where to transcribe them.

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.

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