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Nisbet is a small hamlet on the B6400, in
Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and Berw ...
, along the
River Teviot, 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
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. It is located north of
Jedburgh
Jedburgh (; gd, Deadard; sco, Jeddart or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the historic county of Roxburghshire, the name of which was randomly chosen for Operation Jedburgh in su ...
and south of
Roxburgh
Roxburgh () is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at leas ...
.
The village has several Nisbet location names: Nisbet, East Nisbet, West Nisbet, Nisbetmill, Upper Nisbet, and Upper Nisbet Moor. However, none of these are connected to the family of
Nisbet of that Ilk, who built
Nisbet House
Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders. It is located on the north side of the Blackadder Water, south of Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns, in the Merse (Scotland), Merse, a low-lying part of the former county of Berwicksh ...
in
Berwickshire
Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of th ...
. There was a Nisbet family located a short distance from this Nisbet village at
Cessford Burn
Cessford Burn is a small stream which eventually runs to meet the Kale Water and then joins the River Teviot, finally entering the River Tweed at Kelso, Scotland.
A site at Cessford Burn has the remains of an ancient farmstead attached to Ce ...
from 1665 to 1822.
The Rev.
Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford (also Rutherfurd or Rutherfoord; – 29 March 1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian who wrote widely read letters, sermons, devotional and scholastic works. As a political theorist, he is known for "L ...
was born in the village of Nisbet about 1600.
See also
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Nisbet House
Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders. It is located on the north side of the Blackadder Water, south of Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns, in the Merse (Scotland), Merse, a low-lying part of the former county of Berwicksh ...
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List of places in the Scottish Borders
''Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.
This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic hous ...
External links
A Hog-backed and two-coped monuments, in Nisbet graveyardCANMORE/RCAHMS record for Nisbet, Old ChurchyardSCRAN image: Steel truss bridge, Nisbet, RoxburghshireSCRAN image: Farm horsemen homeward bound at Nisbet Village, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ROX/gazetteer/O.html GENUKI: Roxburghshire Gazetteer:)
Villages in the Scottish Borders
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