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SOUTHDEAN [parish] Southdean


Southdean or Chesters
New Statistical Account of Roxburgh
Valuation Rolls of Roxburghshire
Blackwood's Map of Roxburghshire
Johnston's Map of Roxburghshire
021; 026; 027; 033; 034; 039; 040 [Situation] On the South of Roxburghshire.
The Name of this Parish is said to be derived from the district having been the Southern valley or dean of the once celebrated Jed Forest. It is sometimes designated Chesters from the circumstance of a Parish of that name having been annexed, - but which is now nearly obsolete. -- The Parish of Southdean is bounded on the North by those of Hobkirk, Jedburgh and Oxnam, on the East by Oxnam and Jedburgh (detached) on the South by Northumberlandshire and Castleton Ph. [Parish] and on the West by Hobkirk. Thereis no part of it detached nor is there within the limits here assigned to it a detached portion of another Parish. Its greatest length from North to South is 9 3/4 miles and its extreme breadth 6 1/2 miles. In the extreme South it tapers nearly to a point - about a mile northwards it suddenly expands and soon attains its extreme breadth - and over 4 1/2 miles at the north end, it has a mean breadth of only 2 1/2 miles. Its Area has been computed at about 27,984 Acres of which there may be about 4000 arable and upwards of 500 in wood. The Southern district is boldly hilly - runs up to the summit range of the Cheviots and has the whole or part of several bulky and lofty heights called Carlin Tooth, Neides Law and Carter Fell, - the Northern district is to a large extent upland and pastoral with interstices of arable ground. - Jed Water rises in the South-Western district and pursuing a North-Eastern direction it then traces the Eastern boundary for the most part. - The Parish is well watered throughout by numerous large streams and rills. The Newcastle Turnpike Road enters the Parish at its North

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Parish of Southdean -- County of Roxburgh

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