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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 28 - Parish of Lauder, OS1/5/28

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[page] 204
Parish, Lauder.
Sheet 20.13 Traces 3 & 6
Collected by R. Wighton C.A. [Civilian Assistant]

This river or water traverses the district of Lauderdale - & rises in the Lead waters near to the N. [North] [---] boundary of the Parish, & is formed by the junction of Headshaw Burn & Mountmill Burn. It passes through the centre of the cultivated portion of the parish, & when leaving, pursues a course of 6 miles. almost uniformly South to the Tweed which it enters 2 miles below Melrose. For 1 1/4 mile it divides Legerwood in Berwickshire, from Melrose in Roxburghshire - also Legerwood & Earlston from Lauder (detached) and Earlston from Melrose. It runs with considerable rapidity, is a good trackting stream, & boasts of some fine scenery on its banks, particularly as it approaches the Tweed.

[signed] R. Burnaby
Capt R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]
30 Sept [September] 1859

Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 28 - Parish of Lauder, OS1/5/28

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

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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