Manor is a parish in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders, whose church lies on the west bank of

Manor Water Manor Water is a river in the parish of Manor, Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders. It rises in the Ettrick Forest and flows down through the Maynor valley, passing the various farms and hamlets of Maynor as well as Kirkton Manynor, where the M ...

3 miles south-west of Peebles.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Manor The parish consists of the valley of Manor Water, a tributary of the

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and extends about 9 miles north to south and about 3 miles wide. It is bound on the north-east by

Peebles Peebles ( gd, Na Pùballan) is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was historically a royal burgh and the county town of Peeblesshire. According to the 2011 census, the population was 8,376 and the estimated population in June 2018 wa ...

, on the south by

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Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk ( gd, Siorrachd Shalcraig) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. ...

), on the south-west by

Drumelzier Drumelzier (), is a village and civil parish on the B712 in the Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders. The area of the village is extensive and includes the settlements of Wrae, Stanhope, Mossfennan and Kingledoors. To the north is Broughton an ...

and on the west and north-west by Stobo.Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol III Roxburgh, Peebles, Selkirk, publ.William Blackwood, 1845; article on Manner (Peeblesshire section) The name was originally ''Manner'' but this has been gradually supplanted by the form ''Manor''. The present church building, which lies at the north end of the valley, was erected in 1874, but the bell rung before every service, is inscribed 'In honore Santi Gordiani MCCCCLXXVIII' and is one of the oldest bells in Scotland. There is also a Pewter baptismal basin inscribed 'Manner Kirk 1703'.Scotland's Churches Trust www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/manor-kirk-kirkton-manor retrieved May 2016 The civil parish of Manor is in the Manor, Stobo and Lyne Community Council area.Scottish Borders Community Council web site www.scotborders.gov.uk/directory_record/7726/manor_stobo_and_lyne retrieved May 2016 The civil parish has a population of 149 (in 2011) Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930 and its area is 16,628 acres.Gazetteer of Scotland, publ, by W & AK Johnston, Edinburgh, 1937. Article on Wemyss. Places are presented alphabetically

Notable residents and former residents

* David Ritchie, Original for the title character of '

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', by

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, as described in the Introduction to The Black Dwarf. *

Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet ( – 4 February 1779), also known as Naesmyth, of Dawyck and Posso, Peebleshire, was a Scottish botanist and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1732 and 1741. Early life Nasmyth was the eldest son ...

, on whose land David Ritchie settled.

References

Parishes in Peeblesshire {{Borders-geo-stub