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FOGO [Parish] Fogo Ph [Parish] Fullertons Gazetteer Scotland
New Statistical Account of Berwickshire
County Map
016 ; 022 A parish of an oblong form, stretching from East to West in the district of the Merse. Berwickshire. It is bounded on the North & North East by Edrom; on the East by Swinton; on the South by Eccles; on the South West by Greenlaw; and on the N[orth] West by Polwarth – Its greatest length from near Harcarse on the East to near Chesters on the West, is 5 miles, its greatest breadth, from near Banglee on the North, to the boundary line South East of Whinkerstanes, on the South, is something less than two miles; and its Superficial area is nearly 8 Square Miles, or about 5,000 acres The southern division is a plain; and the Northern Consists of two ridges of inconsiderable heights, the most elevated of which, rises probably not more than 100 feet above Sea level– The ridges are Separated by Blackadder Water; and the Southern one slopes gradually away into the plain of the Southern division [continued page 2]

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