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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| LADYKIRK (PARISH) | Ladykirk (Parish) | [continued] peculiarly Saxon. Horn in the angle Saxon tongue signifies a cornere - and dene, a vale" - an appellation remarkably descriptive of the site of that part of the parish, lying in a cornere, and in a valley sloping towards the Tweed. The parish is bounded on the south by the River Tweed, on the North by the parish of Whiteruie, on the East by that of Hutton, and on the west by that of Swinton. It is three miles long, and one broad, and contains 3100 English Acres. The country is flat, with a few rising grounds. This parish, lying along the banks of the Tweed sloping to the South, is considerable wilder in climate than the country to the N. [North] & East, the frost being less |
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