In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Allanton like this:
Allanton, a village in Edrom parish, Berwickshire, situated at the confluence of the Blackadder and Whitadder, both spanned by bridges here, and 2¼ miles E of Edrom station on the Dunse branch of the North British. It has a school, with accommodation for 95 children, an average attendance (1879) of 34, and a grant of £28:¾ mile S by E is a Free church, with 450 sittings. Blackadder House, Allanbank, and Chirnside Bridge paper-mill are also near.
Allanton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Allanton, in Scottish Borders and Berwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22385
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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