‘One of the soundest and healthiest sheep pastures’

What follows is a an incomplete timeline relating to the hill farms of Cunzierton and Harkers in the Scottish Borders:

22 November 1839, Kelso Chronicle:


3 January 1843, Kelso Chronicle:


11 June 1864, Teviotdale Record and Jedburgh Advertiser:


5 February 1875, Kelso Chronicle:


Ordnance Survey Book for Roxburghshire [for First edition maps]:


7 May 1881, death of Christina Hall, wife of Robert Scott, shepherd, Cunzierton. Cause of death: tuberculosis:


3 August 1890, death of Robert Scott, shepherd. Cause of death: tuberculosis:


Footnote: my grandfather was called Robert Scott but he is not related to this family.

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