Edgerston
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Edgerston is a village
and an estate about 8 miles north of the Anglo-Scottish border
, south of Jedburgh
in the Scottish Borders
area of Scotland
in the former Roxburghshire
.
Thomas Rutherfurd built Edgerston House in 1695. It had North Lodge and Mary Anne's Cottage.
Other places nearby include Bonchester Bridge
, Camptown
, Ferniehirst Castle
, Hobkirk
, the Jed Water
, Oxnam
, Southdean
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and an estate about 8 miles north of the Anglo-Scottish border
Anglo-Scottish border
The Anglo-Scottish border is the official border and mark of entry between Scotland and England. It runs for 154 km between the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. It is Scotland's only land border...
, south of Jedburgh
Jedburgh
Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...
in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
area of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in the former Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Dumfries to the west, Selkirk to the north-west, and Berwick to the north. To the south-east it borders Cumbria and Northumberland in England.It was named after the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh...
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Thomas Rutherfurd built Edgerston House in 1695. It had North Lodge and Mary Anne's Cottage.
Other places nearby include Bonchester Bridge
Bonchester Bridge
Bonchester Bridge is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, lying on the Rule Water, 6 miles away from the busy market town of Hawick...
, Camptown
Camptown, Scottish Borders
Camptown is a small settlement on the A68, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 5m south of Jedburgh, and the same distance south to Carter Bar.The village lies on the course of the Jed Water, and the remains of a peel tower are close by....
, Ferniehirst Castle
Ferniehirst Castle
Ferniehirst Castle is an L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water, about a mile and a half south of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and in the former county of Berwickshire...
, Hobkirk
Hobkirk
Hobkirk is a village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Rule Water, south-west of Jedburgh and south-east of Hawick....
, the Jed Water
Jed Water
The Jed Water is a river and a tributary of the River Teviot in the Borders region of Scotland.In total Jed Water is over 20 miles long, it flows into the Teviot near Jedfoot Bridge from a source in the Cheviot Hills....
, Oxnam
Oxnam
Oxnam is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential town.The placename Oxnam is from Old English oxa "oxen" and ham "village", the meaning being "village where ox are bred"...
, Southdean
Southdean
Southdean is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A6088, by the Rule Water and in the Wauchope Forest area. Other settlements nearby include Abbotrule, Hobkirk, Bedrule, Hallrule, Bonchester Bridge, Denholm and the Swinnie Forest....
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