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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELROSE [parish] | Melrose (Parish) | The County Map Map of Scotland Fullerton's Gazeteer New Statistical Account - |
001; 002; 003; 004; 007; 008 | In the old orthography the name is written "Mullross" or "Mailross", Mull. Or Moel signifying in Gaelic bare, and ross in Promontory - The name is applicable to the peninsula formed by the Tweed which is still called "Old Melrose", and which, altho: [although] in its present state one of the delightful residences imaginable might well be termed the bare promontory, when divested of its present advantages - The religious Culdees who settled on this spot from Iona, as early as the beggining of the 7th Century, may have given the name to this place, if it had not been bestowed earlier by the Celtic population - When the religious community of "Old Melrose" had fallen |
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