Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITSLAID TOWER (Remains of) | Whitslaid Tower | Robert Lyal Whitslaid. Francis Halliday, Bridgehaugh Mill. George Riddel Bridgend | 020.13 | On the East side of Leader Water, on the summit of a bank, near to the farm house of Whitslaid, stand the remains of a square tower supposed to have been erected about the middle of the 14th Century and appears to have been two storeys high but only one remains entire, the roof being arched, and on the top grows a fine Ash Tree. The access to the upper storey is by a flight of steps, entering at the east side, and winding up the centre of the walls they being six feet thick, and about twenty in height. No tradition respecting it can be obtained in the neighbourhood the property of Mitchell Innes Esq of Stow. |
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27 Parish of Legerwood Sheet 20 No 13 Trace 6 Described by John Buchanan C.A.
Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 30 - Parish of Legerwood, OS1/5/30
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Legerwood.
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.