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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ettrick Forest | Ettrick Forest Ettrick Forest Ettrick Forest |
Fullerton's Gazetteer Chalmers Caledonia New Statistical Account. |
003 ; 004 ; 007 ; 008 | A popular, poetic & historical name for the whole, or chief part of Selkirkshire - All the Country watered by the Ettrick, the Yarrow, and their tributaries, and the Kindred districts watered by the Districts North of the Tweed, besides upperward of Clydesdale, were anciently a literal Forest, the remains of the ancient Caledonian Forest - The most numerous Woods were Oaks, mingled with Birch & Hazel - Excepting a few struggling Thorns, & some solitary Birches, no traces have remained, altho, [although] whenever protected from the Sheep, Copses, soon arise without planting - |
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[Page] 56Parish of Galashiels
R. Burnaty
Cap. RE [Captain Royal Engineers] 10 Mar 1858
Memes There is no portion of Galashiels within
any other Parish.
There is no portion of any other
parish within that of Galashiels.
Gaashiels Parish is Situated in
two Counties i.e. Selkirkshire and
Roxburghshire but these portions
are not detached.
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
DANIALSAN, John Dunlop
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