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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 33 - Parish of Mertoun (Merton), OS1/5/33

Continued entries/extra info

Parish of Merton -- WBeatty -- [page] 41

Dryburgh Abbey -- Dryburgh Abbey -- Continued -- See Sheet 30.15 --

The Abbey was burnt, and considerable part of it was destroyed by the army of King Edward II in the year 1323, and was repaired at the expense of Robert I _
James VI of Scotland dissolved the Abbey of Dryburgh, and erected it into a temporal Lordship and Peerage in favour of John Earl of Mar, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, by the title of Cardross etc. -
The freestone of which the Monastery of Dryburgh and the most elegant part of the abbey of Melrose, was built, is of a most beautiful color and texture, and has defied the influence of the weather, for more than than

Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 33 - Parish of Mertoun (Merton), OS1/5/33

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Mertoun (Merton).

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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