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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MERSE (District) | Merse (District) | New Statistical Account of Berwickshire Fullertons Gazetteer of Scotland --- Chalmers Caledonia --- |
020 ; 026 | In ancient times, the shire of Berwick seems to have been a separate jurisdiction from the Bailling 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, now almost obsolete - For the purpose of agricultural inquiry, the whole County may be very conveniently considered as under two districts -- the "Merse" and "Lammermoor"-- the former including all the comparatively low land along Tweed, Whiteadder, Blackadder and Eye; and the latter comprehending Lauderdale along with the more Eastern hilly country peculiarly called Lammermoor --- According to the general divisions 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 and 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 --- The whole remainder of the County, with the exception of the Liberties of Berwick is therefore to be considered as forming the Lammermoor district, and according to the same authority, should contain 185,214 acres--- |
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