Seefew
A few days before Christmas I ventured to SEEFEW. I did so in remembrance of Elizabeth Hall, who died there a month short of her 16th birthday: To watch a short … Continue reading Seefew
Tag: Scottish Borders
Survivors of the ancient Jed Forest
Next week, when I am in the Scottish Borders with family, I hope to visit these ancient trees: 1859, Ordnance Survey map: Ordnance Survey Book: King of the Woods [as … Continue reading Survivors of the ancient Jed Forest
‘Odd windows’
In the Trove archive is this photograph. It has been annotated “Jedburgh. House with odd windows”. I have been unable to find out more about this house. If anybody can … Continue reading ‘Odd windows’
Plough Inn, Yetholm
I came across this old photograph in Trove archive. I was struck by the positions of the people in the photograph: it was almost as if they had been styled … Continue reading Plough Inn, Yetholm
‘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: … Continue reading ‘One of the soundest and healthiest sheep pastures’
Calroust
Calroust farm, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders: 1859 Ordnance Survey Map: Ordnance Survey Book description of Calroust, 1859: John and Violet Oliver of Calroust farm: Berwickshire Advertiser, 22 June 1887: Berwickshire Advertiser, … Continue reading Calroust
Seefew
The Berwick Ramblers have visited Seefew many times. An old shepherd’s cottage in the Scottish Borders, it is now a roofless ruin: Berwick Advertiser, 24 October 2002: Southern Reporter, 14 … Continue reading Seefew