The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 32
Page x
... Springs Coal and fuel Eminent men Antiquities Parochial records Mifcellaneous obfervations Character of the people Their manners , customs , ftature , & c . Advantages and disadvantages Means by which their fituation could be meliorated ...
... Springs Coal and fuel Eminent men Antiquities Parochial records Mifcellaneous obfervations Character of the people Their manners , customs , ftature , & c . Advantages and disadvantages Means by which their fituation could be meliorated ...
Page 4
... Springs . - There are two chalybeate springs near Jedburgh , and there are appearances of more in different places of the parish , which have never been yet properly investigated . One of the former , called Tud Hope Well , has been ...
... Springs . - There are two chalybeate springs near Jedburgh , and there are appearances of more in different places of the parish , which have never been yet properly investigated . One of the former , called Tud Hope Well , has been ...
Page 19
... spring it fells for about one fhilling a pound of 16 ounces , and gra- dually P Herlings are a fmall kind of trout , a little larger than a herring , and fhaped like a falmon ; its flesh is reddifh , like that of the falmon or fea trout ...
... spring it fells for about one fhilling a pound of 16 ounces , and gra- dually P Herlings are a fmall kind of trout , a little larger than a herring , and fhaped like a falmon ; its flesh is reddifh , like that of the falmon or fea trout ...
Page 61
... springs of chalybeate water ; but none of a strength so remarkable as to be any way noticed or fre- quented . There are two lochs , or lakes , in the parish , viz . one towards the head , of about two or three acres in extent ...
... springs of chalybeate water ; but none of a strength so remarkable as to be any way noticed or fre- quented . There are two lochs , or lakes , in the parish , viz . one towards the head , of about two or three acres in extent ...
Page 67
... Spring , the greatest part of them being sent , by Berwick , to London ; but the prices vary confiderably ; and , in fummer , they are tolerably cheap . There is a project for carrying a canal , along the Tweed , from Berwick to Kelfo ...
... Spring , the greatest part of them being sent , by Berwick , to London ; but the prices vary confiderably ; and , in fummer , they are tolerably cheap . There is a project for carrying a canal , along the Tweed , from Berwick to Kelfo ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres alfo almoſt alſo annum antient Appin arable average barley befides beſt black cattle bolls called cattle chalders church coaft coal confiderable confifts courſe Cramond crops Cupar diſtance diſtrict eaſt Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame farmers farms feems fervants feven feveral fheep fhore fide fince firſt fiſh fituated fize fmall foil fold fome fometimes fouth fown fpirit fpring ftill ftipend ftone fuch fummer fupply fynod glebe grafs greateſt ground harveſt heritors hill horfes horſes houfes houſe inclofed increaſe inhabitants interfected iſland Jedburgh Kiltearn labour laft land laſt late Lifmore lime manfe marriages Martinmas Meigle miles minifter moft moſt muſt nearly neighbourhood neral oats occafionally parish paſture peats perfons plough poor population Portpatrick prefbytery prefent proprietors raiſed refide rent river roads ſchool Scotland Scots ſeveral ſheep ſmall ſtate Sterling ſtone Stranraer tenants thefe themſelves theſe thoſe town turnip uſed veffels village wages weft