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Place name County Entry Source Bothwell Berwickshire
East Lothianparishes of Spott, Stenton, and Innerwick; and runs altogether about 7 miles south-south-eastward to the Whitadder, near Cranshaws. Groome Bower East Lothian Spott parish, Haddingtonshire, 1¾ mile SSW of Dunbar. It is the seat of Jas. Warren Hastings Anderson, Esq. (b. 1836; suc. 1869), owner Groome Broxburn East Lothian Spott and Dunbar parishes, to the German Ocean at Broxmouth, 1¼ mile SE of Dunbar town. In part of its course Groome Doon East Lothian Spott, Haddingtonshire, alt. 582 ft.; on this hill the Scottish army lay for two days before the battle of Dunbar Bartholomew Doon East Lothian Spott parish, Haddingtonshire, 2¼ miles S by E of Dunbar. On its top and slope lay David Leslie's Scotch Groome Dry Burn East Lothian Spott parish, on the northern slope of the Eastern Lammermuirs, and running 5¾ miles east-north-eastward, chiefly along Groome Dunbar East Lothian Spott and Stenton, W by Prestonkirk, and NW by Whitekirk-Tynninghame. Its utmost length, from W by N to E by S, is 7 1 / 8 miles Groome Haddingtonshire or East Lothian East Lothian Spott, Pencaitland, Humbie, and Salton, and some of them have had a certain medicinal repute. Geology. In this county Groome Innerwick East Lothian Spott. Irregular in outline, it has an utmost length from NNE to SSW of 10 miles, a varying breadth of 1¼ and 3¾ miles Groome Kirkcudbrightshire or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbrightshire Spottes, Terregles, Threave, etc.; and, according to Miscellaneous Statistics of the United Kingdom (1879), 571,950 acres, with a gross Groome LIVERPOOL Lancashire Spott, Earl of Mercia, bequeathing it to his heirs, Elfhelme and Wulfage. Most of the manors around Liverpool were held Imperial Spott East Lothian Spott loan.' Spott House, a little way E by S of the village, is delightfully situated at the SW base Groome Spott East Lothian Spott , par. and vil., Haddingtonshire - par., 7583 ac., pop. 579; vil., 3 miles S. of Dunbar; Spott House , seat, is in vicinity Bartholomew Spottes Kirkcudbrightshire Spottes, a mansion in Urr parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, near the left bank of Urr Water, 4 miles NNW of Dalbeattie. Its owner Groome Spottes Kirkcudbrightshire Spottes , seat, Urr par., Kirkcudbrightshire, on Urr Water, 4 miles NW. of Dalbeattie. Bartholomew Stenton East Lothian Spott, SW and W by Whittinghame, and NW by Prestonkirk. Its utmost length, from N by W to S by E, is 4 3 / 8 miles Groome Urr Kirkcudbrightshire Spottes, noticed separately, is the chief mansion, and 10 proprietors hold each an annual value of more than £500. Giving Groome Whittinghame East Lothian Spott, Longformacus in Berwickshire, and W by Garvald and Morham. Its utmost length, from NNW to SSE, is 11 miles Groome
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