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Parish of Coldstream
W. Beatty

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The original village was
destroyed by the English
in their predatory incursions
and in 1716 a new parish church
was built at Coldstream,
which was then becomming
the most popular district
of the parish -
The parish extends 7½ miles in length, & Somewhat more than 4 in breadth,
it is of an irregular Shape, and has the parish of
Ladykirk for it's boundary in the N. [North] East, Swinton on the North,
Eccles on the West, while Tweed separates it from England
on the South - The general appearance of the parish is
flat, & there in is riding grounds that deserves the name
of hill. Fire-burn mill Toll Bar is 108ft above Berwick piers,