OS1/5/22/7

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  4. Berwickshire, Volume 22
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MERSE (District) Merse
(District)		 Chalmers Caledonia,
Fullerton's Gazeteer,
New Statistical account		 020 ; 021 ; 026 ; 027 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 exact boundaries and extent of these three divisions.
For the purposes of agricultural inquiry, the whole county may be very conveniently considered under two districts - the Merse and Lammermoor: the former including all the comparatively low land along Tweed, Whiteadder, Blackadder & Eye; and the latter comprehending Lauderdale, along with the more eastern [continued on page 8]

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Parish of Gordon -- [Signed]W Beatty

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Berwickshire County, Gordon Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xx Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xx
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xxi Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xxi
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xxvi (and Extension Xxv) Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xxvi (and Extension Xxv)
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xxvii Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Berwickshire, Sheet Xxvii