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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLOISTER CLOSE | Cloister Close Cloister Close Cloister Close Cloister Close Cloister Close |
James Curle Esqr Allan Freer Esqr T. J. Dunn Esqr Origines Parochiales - de Scotia. Revd [Reverend] William Murray |
008.01 | A Small enclosure, now a Vegetable garden, And Surrounded by a Stone wall. And having two old houses at the northwest Corner, It is Situated on the north Side, And adjoining the ruins of the Abbey, being the Side on which the Cloisters were Situate - |
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[Page] 175Melrose Parish -- Sheet 8-1 -- Trace 4 & 5
John McCabe
[Note Fordel Villa, name scored out, not in Index] -- Not written on the Plan, not being
Considered of Sufficient importance
[Spelling] -- Fordel Villa
Fordel Villa
Fordel Villa
Fordel Villa
[Authorities] -- Allan Freer. Esqr Owner
T. J. Dunn Esqr
James Curle Esqr
Revd [Reverend] William Murray
[Description] -- A very neat, And Substantially built residence, It is two Stories high, And having a Small outbuilding, a natly laid out garden, And a Small Ornamented plot (in front) It is the property And residence of Allan Freer Esqr
The Ancient name of Melrose, prior to to the erection of the Abbey, in, 1136, was, Little "Fordel", Hence the name. -
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