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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| LEADER WATER | Leader Water Leader Water Leader Water |
County Map Fullerton's Gazetteer New Statistical Account - |
030.06 | A small river or Water, traversing the district of Lauderdale, Berwickshire, and, for some distance, dividing that county from Roxburghshire. It rises in the head lands of Lauder Parish - in the Lammermoor Hills & after flowing southwardly through that parish, it pursues a course of 6 miles almost uniformly due south to the Tweed, two miles below Melrose - For 1 1/4 mile it divides Legerwood and Earlston from the detached part of Lauder - for 1/4 of a mile it runs across a small projection of Earlston; and thence to the Tweed dividing for a short distance the parishes of Melrose and Merton - It also divides. Earlston in this county from Melrose in Roxburghshire. It runs with considerable rapidity, is a good Trouting stream and boasts some fine scenery on its banks, particularly as it approaches the Tweed - Some of the localities which |
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[Page] 71Parish of Merton
W. Greatby
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