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Kimmerghame, an estate, with a mansion, in Edrom parish, Berwickshire, near the right bank of Blackadder Water, 3 miles SE of Duns. A handsome Scottish Baronial edifice, erected in 1851 from designs by the late David Bryce, R.S.A., it is the seat of Archibald Campbell-Swinton, Esq., LL.D. (b. 1812; suc. 1867), Professor of Civil Law in Edinburgh University from 1842 to 1862, who holds 1845 acres in the shire, valued at £3888 per annum.Ord. Sur., sh. 26, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "an estate, with a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
Administrative units: | Edrom ScoP Berwickshire ScoCnty |
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