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372 BUNKLE.
£7,838; population in 1891 was 672, and in
1901, 629.
The nearest post office is at Duns
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, Adam Calder
Clerk, Gabriel Mason
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Gabriel Mason
Established Church, Rev. Ludovic Mair
SCHOOL BOARD.
Clerk. Gabriel Mason
Board Schools : —
Bunkle, Gabriel Mason, master
Preston, Miss Jane Roberton, mistress
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
The nearest stations to Bunkle are Rest on
& Duns, 5 miles distant. No conveyance
Bunklfi.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Elliot John, East Cruicksfield
Home The Hon. George Douglas J. P.
Bonkyl lodge
Homa The Ladies, Bonkyl lodge
Mair Rev. Ludovic (Estab.), The Manse
Molesworth Col. Anthony Oliver, Cruicksfld
Sandys-Lumsdaine Edwin Robert John J. P.
Blanerne (postal address, Edrom R.S.O.
Berwickshire)
Sandys-Lumsdaine Mrs. S. (postal address,
Edrom R.S.O. Berwickshire)
COMMERCIAL.
Bruce William, gamekeeper (to E. E. J.
Sandys-Lumsdaine esq. J.P)
Dickson David, grocr. & bldr. Hammerhall
Henry William, blacksmith, Blanenne,
Hammerhall
Mason Gabriel, registrar of births, deaths &
marriages, clerk to school board & to
parish council & schoolmaster
Mid'dlemiss David, blacksmth.Crossgate hall
Preston.
Barrie John, gamekeeper (to the Hon. G.
D. Home)
Broomfield James & John, joiners
Dippie Alexander, blacksmith
Johnson Robert, forester
Robertson Jane (Miss), schoolmistress
FARMERS IN BUNKLE & PRESTON
PARISH.
Aitchison James, Primrose hill
Calder Adam, Lintlaw
Calder Thomas, Billiemains
Carr David, Marygold
Elliot John, East Cruicksfield
Fullarton Robert, Hoardwell
Hogg James. Blackhouse
Lumsdane Robert J. Blanerne
Robertson Andrew, farm manager, East
Blanerne
Thorburn Robert, Sleigh Houses
Weatherhead William (exors. of), Preston
BTTRNMOTJTH (or Rose and Burn-
mouth) is a small fishing village in the
parish of Ay ton, with a station on the
North British railway, and about 2^ miles
from Ay ton and 6 from Berwick, and is
situated on a harbour at the foot of an
almost perpendicular ledge of rock. The
heights in the vicinity afford very beautiful
and varied scenery, extending to the Elldons
on the south, Lammermoor on the west,
and Bamborough on the east. A number
of boats are employed here for herring
fishing, and others of a larger class are
employed for white fishing in the winter
season. There is a United Free church.
Ross is a conjoint village with Burn-
mouth, but in the parish of Mordington.
The population 13 included with that of
Ay ton.
Post. T. & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A. & I,
Office. Letters arrive through Ayton ;
John Collie, sub-postmaster. Delivery.
9.35 a.m. ; dispatch. 3.30 p.m
United Free Church, Rev. Alex. Urquhnrt
Board School. Burnmouth, Charles Mac-
Kenzie Alexander, master
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
North British railway.
Burnmouth Station, James Watt, station
master
Urquhart Rev. Alexander (U. F)
COMMERCIAL.
Aitchison Robert, fish curer
Buchanan Robert (Mrs.), Flemington inn
Collie John, grocer. & post office
Kellie Robert, shopkeeper, Ross
Martin Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer
Martin Allison (Miss), beer retailer
BEKWIOKSHIKE.
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FARMER.
Wood Mrs. Jane
CHANNELKIRK is a parish, situated
among the Lammermoor hills, 1£ miles
from Oxton station on the Lauder branch
of the North British railway, in the small
debt court district of Lauder and Kelso
poor law combination. The parish is
traversed by several rivulets, which
unitedly form the river Leader, or Lauder,
but the hills are mostly covered with
heath, and are very bleak and unpro-
ductive.
Ugston, now called Oxton, with a station
on the Lauder branch of the North British
railway, and about 4 miles north-north-
west "from Lauder, on the south of the
Edinburgh road and in the upper part of
the vale of the Leader, is now the only
village in the parish of Channelkirk, the
village of that name, about 2 miles west
of Oxton, being now represented only by
the church and the manse belonging to it.
Area of the parish, about 14,191 acres ;
rateable value, £5,929; population in 1891,
545, and in 1901, 568.
Post, M. 0., T., T. M. O., E. D. & P. P.
0., S. B. & A. & I. Office, Oxton. (Rail-
way Sub-Office. Letters should have
R.S.O. Berwickshire added) ; Roualeyn
William Matthewson, sub -postmaster.
Deliverv, 8.40 a.m. ; dispatches, 2.50 &
5.20 p.m
PARISH COUNCIL.
Clerk, Inspector of Poor, Registrar of
Births, Deaths & Marriages & Heritors'
& Session Clerk, Hy. M. Liddell, Oxton
Oxton Police Station, Alexander Stephen,
constable
Established Church, Rev. Archibald Allan
M.A
School Board, Henry M. Liddell, clerk &
treasurer, Oxton
Board School, Oxton, Henry M. Liddell,
master ; Miss Isabella Nisbet, mistress
Railway Station, Oxton, John Loohead,
station master
Allan Rev. Archibald M.A. (Established),
The Manse
COMMERCIAL.
Cockburn Thomas, grocer, Oxton
Cowan John, boot & shoe maker, Oxton
Hislop Alexander, blacksmith, Oxton
Liddell Henry M. registrar of births, deaths
& marriages, inspector of poor, clerk to
parish council & to the school board,
heritors' & sessions clerk & schoolmaster,
Oxton
Loohead John, station master, Oxton
Matthewson Roualeyn William, grocer, iron
monger, wine & spirit dealer & post-
master, Oxton
Police Station (Alex. Stephen, constable)
Reid Alexander, blacksmith. Oxton
Robertson Agnes (Mrs.), spirit dealer
Swan Helen (Mrs.), draper, Oxton
Waddel Andrew H. tailor & clothier, Oxton
FARMERS.
Bell Thomas, Threeburnford
Bertram John, Hartside
Booth John, Headshaw
Dykes T. & R. Kirktonhill
Elliot William, Oxton Mains
Fleming John, Bowerhouse
Forrest William, Glengelt
Fortune R. J. & G. Airhouse
Fortune Robert, Midbnrn
Gilchrist John, Justicehall
Gilchrist Margaret (Mrs.), Burnfoot
Henderson Peter, Ca-frae mill
Hunter Robert, Herriotshall
Sharp Andrew, Overhowdean
Stobbie Mrs. Jane. Kelphope
Thompson A. & G. Collielaw
Tweddie David, Netherhowdean
Wight George, Carfrae
Young Alexander, Sheffield
CHIRNSIDE is a parish in the small
debt court district of Ayton, and in Kelso
poor combination, lying *to the east of the
Merse and on the north side of the Whit-
adder, and extending 4 miles in length by
about 3 in breadth. The village, situated
on an eminence affording extensive views,
is 50 miles east-by-south from Edinburgh,
13* north-north-cast from Greenlaw, 9
north-west from Berwick and 6 north-east
from Duns, and has a station 1 mile dis-
tant, on the North British Railway; it con-
sists of two streets, the buildings of which
are for the most part detached and
straggling, and extend nearly a mile in
length, but in the upper part of the village
are several good stone houses ; an excellent
supply of water is brought from about a
mile distant. There is a reading room and
library and a children's mission hall.
Besides a church of the Establishment
there are United Free churches. The es-
tate of Ninewells, the family 'seat of the
Humes, is in this neighbourhood, and
David Hume, the celebrated historian,
though born in Edinburgh, 26 April, 1711,
was from his infancy brought up in this
parish ; the mansion is at present occupied
by Charles Forbes esq. In this locality are
some remains of ancient encampments.
Alexander Harold Mitchell-Innes esq. J.P.,
who is lord of the manor, and Lord Tweed-
mouth P.C. are the principal landowners.
Area, 5,553 acres; the rateable value is
£11,290; the population in 1891 was 1,459,
and in 1901, 1,580.
Chirnside Bridge is a hamlet about 1
mile west, and here the Whitadder stream
is crossed by a good bridge and also by a
stone viaduct carrying the railway. On the
banks of the river a species of gypsum is
found, and in other parts of the district
marl is obtained abundantly. Chirnside
railway station is situated in this hamlet.
Post, T. & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A. & I.
Office, Chirnside; Thomas Ferguson,
postmaster. (Railway Sub-Office. Let-
ters should have R. S. 0. Berwickshire
added to them.) Deliveries, 8.15 a.m. &
7 p.m. ; dispatches, 7 a.m. & 1 & 5 p.m
PARISH OOUNCIL.
Chairman, Thomas H. Lindsay esq. Nether
Mains
Clerk, John Ferguson
Inspector of Poor, John Ferguson
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages,
Robert Henderson
Curling Club, James Pearson, sec
Reading Room & Library, Robert Kincaid
B.A. sec. ; George Hutt, librarian
VOLUNTEERS.
2nd (Berwickshire) Volunteer Battalion
King's Own Scottish Borderers (G Com-
pany), Hon. Major Thomas T. M'Crow
V.D. commanding ; Surgeon-Capt. S. Mc-
Vie M.B. medical officer ; Rev. McD.
Simpson, acting chaplain; George Hutt,
drill instructor
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Established Church, Rev. Alexander F.
Smart
United Free Churches, Rev. John Somer-
ville & Rev. William Rutherford
Children's Mission Hall, John McBain, con-
ductor
School Board clerk, David Denholm
Board Schools, Robert Kincaid B.A. mas-
ter; Miss G. A. Thomson, mistress
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
On the North British Line— Berwick & St.
Boswells Branch.
Station, about 1 mile from the town, Geo.
Christison, station master
Carriers to Berwick every Saturday, Wm.
Johnson & Thomas Lothian
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Blackadder Mrs. Brewery house
Eliott Sir William Francis Augustus bart.
D.L., J.P. Maines house
Forbes Charles, Ninewells
Leighton Patrick M.B. Ch.B
M'Crow Thomas T. Chirnside bridge
M'Vie Snjnuel M.B., CM
Marshall Mrs. Chirnside bridge
Mitchell-Innes Alex. Harold J.P. Whitehall
Rutherford Rev. William (U. F)
Scott James, Chirnside crofts
Shadd James
Smart Rev. Alexander F. (Established).
The Manse
Somerville Rev. John (United Free Church)
COMMERCIAL.
Alexander Robert, coal agent
Allan Andrew, cycle agent
Barnes James, threshing machine owner
Black James, carpenter
Blyth Elizabeth (Miss), china &c. dealer
Brown Christian, confectioner
Bruce Robert, game & fish dealer
Brydon William, coal agent
Buglass William, grocer, news agent &
boot maker
Bush Henry Giles, Waterloo hotel
Carnegie Peter, boot & shoe maker
Can John, carpenter