Allanbank is a village near Allanton, in the

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area of

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, in the historic county of

Berwickshire Berwickshire (; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. The county takes its name from Berwick-upon-Tweed, its original county town, which was part of Scotland at the ...

. Allanbank Chapel was dedicated to St. Mary and was located in a small field named Chapel Haugh. Nearby places include

Blackadder Water Blackadder Water () is a river in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, forming part of the River Tweed system. It reached 2.84m at Mouthbridge, which was its highest level ever recorded on Tuesday 22 October 2002 at 2:45pm. Ety ...

, Duns,

Earlston Earlston () is a civil parish and market town in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Early history Earlston was historically called ''Arcioldun'' or ''Prospect Fort'', ...

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 b ...

, Gavinton,

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, Kimmerghame House, and the

Whiteadder Water Whiteadder Water is a river in East Lothian and Berwickshire, Scotland. It also flows for a very short distance through Northumberland before joining the River Tweed. In common with the headwaters of the Biel Water it rises on the low hillside ...

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'.

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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
{{authority control Villages in the Scottish Borders

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