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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH CROSS (Supposed Site of) [Melrose] | High Cross Supposed Site of. (Antiquity) High Cross Supposed Site of. (Antiquity) High Cross Supposed Site of. (Antiquity) High Cross Supposed Site of. (Antiquity) |
James Curle Esqr Allan Freer Esqr T. J. Dunn Esqr Revd [Reverend] William Murray John Smith Esq |
008.01 | This is Said to have been a large Stone "Cross" here which Stood on the north Side of the road leading from DarnicK to Melrose, and about 1/2 a mile from the latter, It Stood on an elevation, And parties Coming from the west, here first saw the pinnicles of the Abbey church of "St. Mary's Melrose", And pilgrims Coming this way to visit the Tomb of "St Waldeuus" recited their prayers at this Cross, before repairing to the Abbey - This cross has given name to a Small district here - And the precise Spot where it Stood is now only a matter of Conjecture, as there is not a vestige of it remaining. |
| HIGH CROSS [district] | 008.01 | This is Said to have been a large Stone "Cross" here which Stood on the north Side of the road leading from DarnicK to Melrose, and about 1/2 a mile from the latter, It Stood on an elevation, And parties Coming from the west, here first saw the pinnicles of the Abbey church of "St. Mary's Melrose", And pilgrims Coming this way to visit the Tomb of "St Waldeuus" recited their prayers at this Cross, before repairing to the Abbey - This cross has given name to a Small district here - And the precise Spot where it Stood is now only a matter of Conjecture, as there is not a vestige of it remaining. |
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[Page] 143Melrose Parish -- Sheet 8-1 -- Trace 4
John McCabe
[Note Highcross Terrace, not in Index] -- Not written on the Plan, not being
Considered of Sufficient importance
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[Authorities] -- James Curle Esqr
Allan Freer Esqr
T. J. Dunn Esqr
Revd [Reverend] William Murray
John Smith Esq
[Description] -- A new, And Substantial dwelling, Situated at "High Cross", And between, "Springbank" And "Torwood Lodge," It has a Small plot of ground in front, and a good garden at the back. It is the property of Mr. Glen Merchant SelKirk -
[Note] -- [Bowers] History of Melrose Page 111. "In the High road from the Abbey to this place there has been another
Cross Called the High Cross where the Pilgrims Said their Pater Nosters
when they Came by the West"
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