Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERSE (DISTRICT) | Merse District | Chalmers Caledonia Fullerton's Gazetteer New Statistical Account of Berwickshire & Roxburghshire |
027.03 ; 027.04 ; 024.06 ; 027.07; 027.08; 027.10 ; 0.27.11 & 027.12 | In ancient times the shire of Berwick seems to have been a separate jurisdiction from the Bailliary of Lauderdale and to have itself divided into the Merse and Lammermuir districts. It is not easy to say what had been the exact boundaries and extent of these three districts and almost obsolete. For the purposes of agricultural inquiry, the whole county may be very consistently considered under two districts-: the "Merse" and the "Lammermuirs": the former including all the comparatively low land along Tweed, Whiteadder [Continued on Page 5] |
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Parish of Hume
Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 24 - Parish of Hume, OS1/5/24
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Hume.
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.