Polwarth ()The Online Scots Dictionary
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in the

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area of

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. It is located at , between

Greenlaw Greenlaw is a town and civil parish situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of ...

and Duns, in the former county of

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. Other places nearby include the

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 ...

, Fogo, Langston, Longformacus, Marchmont House and Marchmont Estate, all in the Scottish Borders Council Area. Polwarth Parish Church was built in 1703, replacing a 13th-century building. Polwarth Castle was situated halfway between Polwarth village and Polwarth Parish Church. The Polwarth Thorn was a thorn tree which was used in village festivities. Several verses and melodies have arisen, e.g.: *''At Polwarth on the green / Our forebears oft are seen / To dance about the thorn / When they got in their corn.'' - Also: ''At Polwarth on the Green / If you'll meet me in the morn / Where lads and lasses do convene / To dance around the thorn''.

References

* McKinnon, E E (1969) 'Polwarth Mill, Nr Duns, hammer stone' * John Mackay Wilson, 'Polwarth on the Green', in 'Tales of the Borders' (1835)

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RCAHMS record of Polwarth CastleRCAHMS record of Polwarth MillBritish Listed Buildings: Packman's Brae, Polwarth CroftsGavinton Fogo & Polwarth Community CouncilVision of Britain: Polwarth, Berwickshire
Villages in the Scottish Borders Parishes in Berwickshire {{Borders-geo-stub

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