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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| SMAILHOLM [parish] | Smailholm (Parish) | continued | [continued from page 1] of three divisions, "East Third", "West Third" and "Overtown" The "East Third" contains the Church, Manse & Schoolhouse, it is 6 miles from Kelso, which is the nearest Market Town - on the South West corner of the parish, on the farm of Sandyknowe, among a cluster of rocks, stands "Smailholm Tower" a large square building, supposed to have been a border keep before the union of the Kingdoms. This tower has long been in a ruinous Condition, but has acquired an interest in modern times, from the author of Waverley having spent part of his infancy in its vicinity, (Sandyknow) & from having ascribed in a great measure, to that circumstance the peculiar character of his poetry - in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish [continued on page 3] |
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