Allanbank is a village near
Allanton, in the
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
area of
Scotland, in the historic county of
Berwickshire.
Allanbank Chapel was dedicated to St. Mary and was located in a small field named Chapel Haugh.
Nearby places include
Blackadder Water,
Duns,
Earlston,
Edrom
Edrom is a parish and small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland.
The rural parish of Edrom is in east central Berwickshire being bounded on the north by ...
,
Gavinton Gavinton is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, south-west of Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns, the former county town of Berwickshire. The hamlet sits on a minor road off the A6105 Duns to Greenlaw road at .
History
Gavinto ...
,
Kelloe,
Kimmerghame House, and the
Whiteadder Water.
See also
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Pearlin Jean
Pearlin Jean is the name given to a ghost, who purportedly haunts the Allanbank Courtyard, situated in Allanton, Berwickshire
Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-e ...
*
List of places in the Scottish Borders
References
* Ewart, G (2008c) 'Allanbank House, Scottish Borders (Edrom parish), monitoring', ''Discovery Excav Scot, New, vol.9'' Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England. Page 157
* Strang, C A (1994) 'Borders and Berwick:an illustrated architectural guide to the Scottish Borders and Tweed valley, RIAS / Landmark Trust series (Edinburgh), page 39
* Cowan, I B (1967), 'The parishes of medieval Scotland, Edinburgh.
* Ferguson, J (1892) 'Notices of remains of pre-reformation churches, etc., in Berwickshire'.
External links
CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Allanbank, Allanbank HouseRCAHMS record of Allanbank, Chapel, East NesbitGeograph image: Woodlands, AllanbankTimes Online, 27 September 2009: Scottish Homes / Allanbank House plot for sale
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Villages in the Scottish Borders