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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MERSE (District) | Merse (District) | FullertonsGazetteer New Statistical Account of Berwickshire __ Chalmers Caledonia |
022 ; 027 ; 028 | In ancient times the Shire of Berwick seems to have been a separate jurisdiction from the Bailliary of Lauderdale, and to have been itself divided into the Merse and Lammermoor districts _ It is not easy to say what had been the original extent and exact boundaries of these three divisions, now almost obsolete _ For the purposes of agricultural inquiry, the whole county may be very conveniently considered under two districts The Merse |
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