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MERSE (District) Merse (District) [continued from page 7]
hilly country peculiarly called Lammermoor. According to the general division of the county just pointed out, the "Merse" designates the whole lower ground from Tweed up the cultivated slopes of the lower southern range of the Lammermoor Hills, including the western parishes of Nenthorn & Merton, & forming the largest piece of Compact level ground - diversified only by a few gentle undulations to be found in Scotland. Mr Blackadder estimates this division to contain 100,226 acres.

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Parish of Gordon

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