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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEGERWOOD [parish] | Legerwood (Parish) | Map of Berwickshire New Statistical Account of Berwickshire. Fullerton's Gazetteer Scotland |
020 ; 026 | The name of this parish appears to have undergone several inconsiderable variations in its orthography. It is said by Chalmers in his Caledonia to be found in the ancient charters of the twelfth & thirteenth centuries, written Legerdewode, Legerdeswode, Ligeardeswode - About the period of the Revolution and subsequently, it was written Ligertwood and sometimes Legertwoods, which last form is still retained by the older people. It is most probably derived from the Saxon word signifying - "the hollow wood" or "the hollow part of the wood" - which, when the country was covered with trees, would be exactly descriptive of the principal form which still bears that name. It is bounded in the North by part of Westruther parish and Boondreigh water - a small stream which separates it from the parish of Lauder on the West, excepting in one place where it crosses that |
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Parish of Legerwoode 1 County W.BeattyTranscribers who have contributed to this page.
George Goodfellow
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