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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 8 - Parish of Cockburnspath, OS1/5/8

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building of a Breakwater, has been recently converted into a pretty little harbour, for the protection of fishing boats. See page 17.
There are many other interesting scenes in the neighbourhood, particularly a Cave at Siccar point, which may be almost said to be classic. See page 59.
Many remains of Military Stations are to be seen in different parts of the parish, some of which are evidently British, and others Danish, of the former, a specimen is to be seen on Ewieside Hill (for description see page 89) and of the latter, one a little north of Dunglass Dean. See page 5 for description.
In 1544 the English army under the Earl of Hertford passed through this Parish, in returning from their desolating inroad throughout Scotland,; and in 1584 it formed also the route of a part of the Earl of Somerset's Army, in his memorable expedition.
Near the centre of the Parish stands Cockburnspath Tower (see description page 42) and in that part of the parish formerly called Old Cambus, is the ruins of St Helen's Church which is described in page 49. -
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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 8 - Parish of Cockburnspath, OS1/5/8

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

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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