A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Ettrick Water, a river of Selkirkshire, rising in the south-western extremity of the county, on Capel Fell (2223 feet), at an altitude of 1900 feet, 5¼ miles ENE of Moffat, and within a half-mile of affluents of both the Esk and Moffat Water. Thence it winds 325/8 miles north-eastward through or along the borders of Ettrick, Kirkhope, Selkirk, and Galashiels parishes, till, 2½ miles below Selkirk town, it falls into the Tweed. It makes during this course a total descent of 1500 feet, and is joined by Tima and Yarrow Waters, with many lesser tributaries. Its scenery and the many interesting spots by which it flows are noticed in our articles on the four above-named parishes, and on Ettrick Forest, Oakwood, Bowhill, Carterhaugh, Philiphaugh, Haining, and Sunderland Hall. The song of Ettrick Banks, composed in the 16th or the 17th century, but printed first in Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius (1725), ` has, ' says Prof. Veitch, ` some exquisite references to local scenery and traits of the older shepherd life, which could have been noted only by a native of the district, or one resident there, and thoroughly familiar with the people and the scenes.' The fishing, mostly open to the public, is capital, the trout ranging between ½ lb. and 3 lbs., though running smaller above Tushielaw.-Ord. Sur., shs. 16, 17, 25, 1864-65.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | Selkirkshire ScoCnty |
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