OS1/29/42/1

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  3. Roxburghshire OS Name Books, 1858-1860
  4. Roxburghshire volume 42
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
YETHOLM Yetholm The County Map
New Statistical Account
Fullerton's Gazetteer		 010; 011; 016; 017 Yetholm is sometimes written Zetholm, Zettin, Yettam & Yetham; which last is probably the original name of the parish. It seems to be derived from the Scoto-Saxon work Yet or 'Gate,' Signifying a gate or road, and obviously connected with the Anglo-Saxon word Zeat, Zete, Zate, porta - Yetholm is a border parish, and the Villages of Town and Kirk Yetholm are separated from England by a Valley one mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth, which, in former times, must have presented a very easy access or entrance from one country to the other; so that Yetholm or Yetham may signify the hamlet or dwelling upon the great entrance from England, or the adjointing part of Northumberland, into Scotland.
It is bounded on the East - for upwards of 6 miles - by [Continued on page 2]

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Parish of Yetholm
[Signed] W Beatty ca [civilian assistant]

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Roxburghshire County, Yetholm Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet X Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet X
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet Xvi Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet Xvi
Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet Xvii (with Inset Of Sheet Xi) Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Roxburghshire, Sheet Xvii (with Inset Of Sheet Xi)