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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| DUNSE (Parish) | Dunse (Ph) [Parish] Continued -- |
County Map New Statistical account of Berwickshire Fullerton's Gazetteer of Scotland |
009; 010; 016 | [Continued] West, and forms the whole of the so [south] boundary-line, falling into the Blac [Blackadder] at the point of leaving the parish. A [an artificial] lake, in the vicinity of Dunse Castle abounds with perch and eels, and fo [forms a] smiling feature in the landscape, A moss skirts the south side of the town [runn] [running] from east to west, and. except by one pathway, was in ancient times impos [imposing] Another moss -- celebrated for the murder of the Chevalier de la Beaute by Hom [Home of] Wedderburn, and called, from the name of the Victim whose blood it drank, Battie's -- stretches along the confines of the parish of Edrom. Dunse Castle, a little nor [north west] of the town, is a magnificent Gothic edifice, agglomerated with a surviving [tower] of an earlier and ancient structure, believed to have been built by Randolph Ear [Earl of] Moray. Wedderburn Castle, at the South-east limit of the parish, and Ma [Manderston] 1¼ Mile north of the former, are elegant mansions, surrounded by tastefully or [ornamented] demesnes. Dunse was formerly haunted and scourged by pestilence, so late as 90 years ago, was depopulated by Ague and putrid fever; but in [consequence] of rapid improvements in draining and cultivating the soil, it eventu [eventually] attained a healthy climate. Four lines of road diverge from the town [respectively] in direction of the cardinal points; and lead the way through the parish respect [respectively] toward Edinburgh, Berwick, Coldstream and Lauder. |
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[page] 2Dunse Ph [Parish] Continued --
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