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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST BOSWELLS [parish] | St Boswells | The County Map | 008; 014 | In ecclesiastical records, this parish is generally designated St. Boswells, but elsewhere it is more usually named Lessudden - In point of fact, the name is the name of the parish, the other of a Village, which occasionally gives name to the parish, as containing the great bulk of the population The church is supposed to derive its name from Boisel, a Monk of Melrose, and Subsequently Prior of the Monestary -the pious master of the celebrated St. Cuthbert and, if not the founder, at least one of the earliest religious functionaries, of the parish -The Saint lent his name to a Village also, which seems to have been of Considerable extent in its day, but of which now scarcely one Stone remains on another. This parish is of Small dimentions, being about 3½ miles in length, and about 1¾ in breadth - it contains ? acres - It is bounded on the West, by Bowden; on the S.W. [South West] by Ancrum; |
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[Page] 1Parish of St. Boswells
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