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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWICK [parish] | Hawick | Walker's Map of Scotland. Johnston's Map of Roxburghshire. New Statl. [Statistical] Account of Roxburghshire. |
025; 032 | [Situation] In the S.Wn. [South Western] division of Roxburghshire. The Name of this Parish - Compounded of Haw a mansion and Wic the bend or reach in a river - Chalmers considers to be pure Saxon. The crook made by the confluence of Slitrig Water with River Teviot in combination with an adjacent hamlet - now part of Hawick - may have suggested the designation The Parish of Hawick is bounded on the North by that of Wilton, on the East by Cavers and Kirkton, on the South by Kirkton and Teviothead and on the West by Roberton. There is no detached part of it situate within the boundaries of another Parish nor is there within the limits above assigned to it a detached portion of any other Parish. It measures about 5 miles in extreme length and nearly 3 miles in extreme breadth and its Area has been computed at 6,200. Acres. The district for the most part is loamy and luxurient dotted with fine plantations. Hawick Common an extensive district in the interior, originally belonging to the Town of Hawick but now partially belonging to the Duke of Buccleuch and adjoining land-owners is now being rapidly reclaimed from moor-land or mountain-grass land. The hills of gentle acclivity - flat on the Summits present a beautifully green appearance, their Soil in some instances being light and dry, in some soft, and spungy and in others wet and stiff; the haughs or low-lying grounds having generally a mixture of loam, gravel and Sand. The River Teviot a large and important stream - a tributary of the Tweed - entering the Parish at its S.Wn. [South Western] extremity and running N.N.E. [North North East] through the Wn. [Western] districts forms a part of the Wn. [Western] boundary. Slitrig Water also a considerable Stream after tracing a part portion of En. [Eastern] boundary crosses the Nn [Northern] district in a N.W. [North West] direction and falls into River Tweed at Hawick. The Carlisle |
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[Page] 1Parish of Hawick -- County of Roxburgh
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