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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 25 - Parish of Hutton, OS1/5/25

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Parish of Hutton

Hutton (ph.) [Parish] -- Hutton (ph.) [Parish] -- Continued -- but everywhere itis thoroughly cultivated, [] spreads out before the eye of an agriculture[] most-pleasing of all features of scenery. The[] the banks of the streams is a deep, risch loa[m] [re]markably fertile, and well-adapted to wheat; and, over a breadth of about a mile in the int[] it is thin, and rests on a strong clay, and though not infertile, demands the expenditure on skill and labour. The climate is in general, dry, and possessed of more than avera[ge] []ubriousness. Sandstone, though at a considerable depth below the surface, eve[] abounds, and on the banks of the Whittadder, is a small stratum of prime gyps[um] Paxton house and Tweed hill, both Situated on the Tweed, at a short distance [] each other - the latter a neat mansion, and the former a massive somewhat supe[] rather heavy pile constructed from a design by the famous Adams - send down their demesnes to the margin of the river, and reciprocates with it enchantments of Spittall house, near the centre of the parish, is a leasing mansion
There is no portion of Hutton within any other Parish
There is no portion of any other Parish within that of any other Parish -

Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 25 - Parish of Hutton, OS1/5/25

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Hutton.

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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