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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HUME [parish] Hume (Parish) County Map
Fullerton's Gazetteer of Scotland
New Statistical account of Berwickshire
027.03 ; 027.04 ; 027.06 ; 027.07 ; 027.08 ;
027.10 ; 027.11 & 027.12
A parish in the district of the Merse. Berwickshire. bounded on the North, by Gordon; on the West, by Earlston; on the S. [South] West, by Neuthorn; on the South, by Stichel; Roxburghshire and on the East by Eccles and Greenlaw. The name of the parish of Home is obviously derived from the Saxon Holm, signifying a hill, which has been perverted, by Colloquial use, into Howm, & Hume - The Castle, & Village of Home, Stand on the Summit of a conspicuous hill, which rises 898 above the level of the Sea. The parish of Home, which is ancient, was of old four times the extent of the present district: During the 12th Century, Home parish included a Considerable part of Gordon and [Continued on page 2]

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Parish of Hume
[Signed] W. Beatty

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