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.
Hirsel, The, a seat of the Earl of Home in Coldstream parish, Berwickshire, on the right bank of Leet Water, 1¾ mile NNW of Coldstream town. A spacious sandstone edifice, it stands amid beautiful grounds, adorned with very fine woods and with an artificial lake (2 x 1¼ furl. ). Stone coffins and great quantities of human bones have been exhumed on the grounds. Charles-Alexander-Douglas-Home, seventeenth Baron Home since 1473, and twelfth Earl of Home since 1605 (b. 1834; suc. 1881), holds 2597 acres in Berwickshire, valued at £5245 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 26, 1864. See also Hume, Bothwell, and Douglas Castle.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | Coldstream ScoP Berwickshire ScoCnty |
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