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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERCHESTERS | Kerchesters Kerchesters Kerchesters |
John Clay Kerchesters James Brown Sprouston James Lindsay Whitmuirhaugh |
006.14 | A very large and superior modern built house, two stories high, erected by the Duke of Roxburgh for the present tenant at a cost of two thousand pound Stirling, the office housed are good and convenient, also a Thrashing Machine and saw Mill with steam power, - on the West Side of the farm steading is a large pond, which supplies water for the stocke, and domestic purposes. There is a vegetable and fruit garden, and a very extensive arable farm attached. On the north west side, about eight of a mile below the house are fourteen cottages occupied by the men employed on the farm. The name is derived from "Ker the ancestral name of the Duke of Roxburgh and "Chester" from some old camp being in the locality the whole are situated about one mile south east from Sprouston - occupied and rented by John Clay, and the property of James Innes Ker Duke of Roxburgh, No Remains of the above camp nor even its Site can be discovered. |
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[Page] 15County Roxburgh -- Parish of Sprouston -- Described by Charles Patterson Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]
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