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HUME [village] Hume Rev [Reverend] Mr Walker Greenlaw
Mr James Weir Schoolmaster Hume
Mr Logan Hume Hall
027.07 ; 027.08 A small village situated near the Centre of the parish, about 3 miles South from Greenlaw and 5 miles NW [North West] from Kelso. It was in ancient times of considerable extent, the houses spread as far as the present Churchyard and others surrounded the Castle, as the remaining scattered trees also indicate; formerly the residence of the Earl of Hume one of the most powerful baronial families in Scotland, who raised during the feudalism from its inhabitants alone about 400 armed men. It consists now only of one long row of Cottages standing in a hollow, between two rocky elevations. There are a Smith, Joiner and a few other tradesmen, the greater number of its inhabitants are farm labourers. A house of worship does not exist, the parish being united with Stitchel has its parish Church there, but there is a good parochial school near the centre of the village. Hume is the property of Sir Hugh Campbell Bart. [Baronet] Marchmont.

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Parish of HumE --Sheet 27 No. 8 Trace 4 -- Collected by H. Sharbau

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