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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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MERTON (Ph) | Merton (Parish) | Continued | picturesque - From Bemersyde hill, the property of J. Haig Esq. over which one of the most public Roads of the parish passes - the eye of the travellersis at once gratified with every thing beautiful & magnificent --Wood, Water, hills, ruins & fertile fields -- The rest of the parish gradually declining to the South is also extremely pleasant, the prospect being agreeably diversified by excellent enclosures, beautiful hedgerows, and thriving Plantations -- The soil towards the Tweed, particularly the haughs, is sharp with gravelly bottom -- Towards the N., & indeed throughout the rest of the parish, with very few exceptions, is a still clay with a till bottom--- |
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2Merton Parish
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