OS1/30/10/9
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Selkirk (Town) | Selkirk (Town) | Continued [from OS1/30/10/8] in appearance, and airily commodious for Fair and Market -- This area, on the side parallel with the River, receives the new Edinburgh road, and, at the s. [south] west angle, receives the old access; and at other points it sends off thoroughfares, which, combinedly with the two thoroughfares to the Ettrick, all having the Market Place for their body, give the Plan of the town somewhat the general appearance of a Crab -- The longest of the streets is the Town Head, which goes off windingly on the East, & climbs the lower acclivities of the slowly ascending moors on the way to Hawick -- On the South West, or shortest side of the Market Place, finely overlooking the large area, stands the Town-hall, a neat modern erection, winged with good houses whose ground floors are disposed in large shops - surmounted by an elegant spire of 110 feet in height - and arranged in the interior into apartments for the Burgh and sheriff courts - & for public meetings & a library - In the open area of the Market-place, stands a very conspicuous well, embellished with Towns Arms, & a monument erected, by the county, in 1839, to the memory of Sir Walter Scott. The pedestal is erected upon a broad base, 14 feet square, & measures 20 feet from the ground to the plinth on which Sir Walter stands. |
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[page] 9Parish of Selkirk -- W Beatty
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