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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| EDROM [parish] | Edrom (Parish) | New Statistical account of Berwickshire Fullerton's Gazetteer of Scotland Chalmers Caledonia |
010 ; 016 ; 017 ; 022 ; 023 | Edrom, A parish in the district of Merse, Berwickshire. In form it presents extreme angles to the north, south, and east, and would be nearly an equilateral triangle, but for having a deep indentation and a small wing on the west, and a less Considerable indentation on the South east. It is bounded on the north by Bunkle; on the northeast by Chirnside and Hutton; on the South-east by Hutton and Whitsome; And on the South-west and west by Fogo, Langton, and Dunse. Its greatest length is 7½ Miles; its greatest breadth 4 Miles; and its Superficial area 13 Square Miles. Except in the north-west divisions where there are inconsiderable rising grounds, the Surface is flat. Whittadder Water Comes down upon the parish at the north-west angle, and over a distance of Six Miles, forms its northern and north-eastern boundary-line. Blackadder Water Comes in from the south west, forms, for 1½ Mile, the boundary-line with Fogo, and then runs 5 miles north-eastward through Edrom and falls into the Whittadder at the Village of Allantown. Langton-burn, And another brook flowing from the west, unite with the Blackadder, the former drawing, for 2½ miles, the boundary-line with Dunse. Near Langton-burn, on the Edrom side, is a mineral well, called Dunse Spa, which was long celebrated for its reputed medicinal qualities, but has latterly fallen into disrepute, And become quite negelcted. The soil, on a small part of the district, is naturally moorish, but in general is rich and fertile, and, excepting about one-eighth of the Area, tastefully or necessarily devoted to plantations, buildings and roads, is all arable. Pools and lochlets formerly generated marsh and rendered the Climate insalubrious; but they have been Completely drained, to the benefit alike of health and of agricultural produce. On the estate of Kimmergham on the Blackadder is a valuable bed of Shell-Marl, which has Contributed much to the enrichment of neighbouring soils. Sandstone abounds, and is |
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