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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARDEN | Harden Harden Harden |
James Dean Whitfield James Scott Mabinlaw Gilbert Tait Harden Cottage |
025.01 | [Situation] On the East of Harden Burn A large farm house, with office houses nearly all in ruins, the house is very old & is situated on an eminence at the top of a very deep Glen or hollow & commands an extensive view of the surrounding neighbourhood. |
| HARDEN KNOWE | Harden Knowe Harden Knowe Harden Knowe |
James Dean Whitfield James Scott Mabinlaw Gilbert Tait Harden Cottage |
025.01 | [Situation] North of Harden. A small Knowe a little to the north of the house before mentioned. |
| HARDEN BURN | Harden Burn Harden Burn Harden Burn |
James Dean Whitfield James Scott Mabinlaw Gilbert Tait Harden Cottage |
025.01 | [Situation] From the junction of Blind and Penmanshall Burns S. by E. [South by East] to Borthwick Burn A small stream formed by the junction of Blind Burn & Penmanshall Burn it flows in a Southerly direction to Borthwick Water. |
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Harden [note]
Harden Castle Fullarton's Imperial Gazetteer
"Harden Castle, the ancient residence of the Scotts of Harden and a fine specimen of a border fortress, situated
in the deep narrow vale of Borthwick Water, 2 1/2 miles above the point of that Stream's junction with the Teviot
and 4 miles South West of Hawick. The lobby is paved with marble, the ceiling of the old hall is formed of curiously
carved stucco work; and the mantel-piece of one of the rooms commemorates the ancient noble title of the house of Harden by
bearing aloft an Earl's coronet inscribed with the letters W.E.T. the initials of Water Earl of Tarras." It was the Stronghold
of the notorious Wat of Harden the Border chief the deep glen which it overlooks having served as the receptacle for
the droves of cattle which that character swept before him is his nightly raids. It was originally strongly fortified. Vide
Leyden's Scenes of Infamy.
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Charles J Fearnside
S. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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