Scotland > 1868, 1878 - Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland > 1878 > Part 2

ROXBURGHSHIRE.
JEDBURGH.
SLATER'S
Public Buiiaingrs, O^oes, &.c.
PLACES OP WOESHIP
and their ministees.
Established Churches: —
Abbey Bridge end,Jedburgh — Rev. Donald
Macleod
Bedrule — Rev. Johu Stevenson
Crftiling — Kev. Adam Cunuiiighain
Hownam — Kev. Geoi'ge \\'atsou
Oxuam — Rev. WiUiam Biiruie
Southdean~Rev. John Blair
Ei^iBCOPAii Church (St. John's), Friars bank
— Rev. John Moir
Free Churches : —
Abboy Bridge — Rev, John Purves
Crailing— Kev. T. S. Anderaon
United Presbyterian Chapels: —
fligh St — Rev. John Poison
High St— Kev. Wiliium Barr & Rev. J. W.
Pringle [Brown
Independent Chapel, Friars— Kev. Robert
Roman Catholic Chapel, Bongate— Rev.
Patrick Morris, priest
GAOL.
Jedburgh Castle, Castlegate.
Governor — Charles Sprunt
.Matron — Janet Spruut
Chaplain iC- Schoolmaster — Rev. Peter Ogilvie
Sui-geon—WiUiQ.xn Jeffery
POOR LAW UNION,
Poorhouse.
Governor — Walter Veitcli
Matron — Mrs. Veitch
Chaplain — Rev. Peter Ogilvie
Secretnrt/ and Treasurer— John M'Dougal
Sur(i<'-u -Jokn Hume
Sckoolincister — A. C. 3Iounsey
REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS &
MARRIAGES.
Bedrule— 'WiUia.m BI'Neill
Crailing — George Fargie
Hownam — J. Winton
Oa;7iam— Matthew Lister
Southdean — Alexander C. Milne
Castlewood Cemetery— William Millar, sec-
retary & treasurer
Clerk of Peace Office (for Roxburghshire),
County buildings— James Stedman, clerl'
of peace
Commissary Clerk's Office, 89 High st— Wm.
Elliot, clerk
Dispensary, High st— John Hulme & William
Jeffery, surgeons ; Adam TurnbuU, secre-
tary & treaairrer
Gas Works, Pleasance — William Millar,
treasurer ; Charles Anderson, secretary
Inland Revenue Office,High st — George Hil-
son, jun. stamp distributor & tax collector
Jedburgh Billiard Club— James Cumming,
secretary
Jedburgh Corn Exchange Co. Limited, Ex-
change st — Adam TurnbuU, secretary
Jedburgh New Eiiliard Club— John Telfer,
secretary [curator
Museum, Corn Exchange — James Watson,
Police Office, Town Hall— Robert Boultbee,
chief constable
Procurator Fiscal's Office, County buildings
— James Stevenson & James Charles
Stevenson, procurators fiscal
Public Washhouses, Abbey Bridge
Registrar's Office, Abbey place — Thomas
Grieve, registrar
Rifle Volunteers (head quarters of), 1st Rox-
burghshire, Abbey place— Captain J. A.
S. E. Fan-
Roxburghshire Horticultural Society — Wm.
Deans, president
School Board Office, Exchange st— John
M'Dougall, clerk
Scottish Trade Protection Society, High st —
George Hilsou, jun. agent
Sheriff Clerk's Office, County buildings-
George Rutherford, sherilf clerk
Town Clerk's Office, County buildings— Jaa.
Stedman, town clerk
Town Hall, Market place
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
ON A BRANCH OE THE NORTH BRITISH LINS.
Station, about three-quarters of a mile from
the centre of the town— William Hartley,
station master
Conveyances from the hotels meet each train
Station, NiSBET, about a mile from Crailing
—Richard M*Nish, station master
Station, Jedfoot — William Gray, station
master
CARRIERS.
To ANCRUM, James Tunjbull,from High st.
Tuesday & Friday
To BONCHESTER BRIDGE, Arcliibald
Scott, from Market place, Tuesday
To HAWICK, Thomas Robson, from Anna
vale, Wednesday & Saturday
To HOWNAMKIRK, T. Fletcher, from the
Nag's Head, Tuesday
To KELSO, Thomas KobsoD,from Anna Vale,
Tuesday & Fridav
To LILLIESLEAF, James TurnbuU, from
High St. Tuesday & Friday
To MELROSE, James TurnbuU, from High
Gt. Tuesday & Friday
ToKEEDWATER,John Herhertson,from the
Boundaries, Monday, & John Lunu, from
Market place, Tuesday
To RULEWATER, Archibald Scott, from
Market place, Tuesday
To SELKIRK, James TurnbuU, from High
St. Tuesday & Friday
KELSO,
NENTHORN, EDNAM, MAIvERSTOUN, ROXBURGH, SMAILHOLM, SPKOUSTON, AM) STITCHEL.
IXELSO is a burgh of barony, a considerable market town, and ] Tlie government of the town is vested in a senior and two junior
tbe capital of its parish, 42 miles s.e. from Edinburgh, 10 n. from I magistrates and a body of commissioners of police, who derive
.Todburgh, 23 s.w. from Berwick-upon-Tweed, (iO N. by e. from i their powers from the Scotch Burgh Police Act. The town is
Vv ' mH*°d ■ -^ "^^ English border. It is connected with ! lighted with gas, and is abundantly supplied with spring water, and
the ^orth British and the Newcastle and Berwick Railways by i of all the towns on the border stands pre-eminent for its cleanly
branches which approach within a short dist;:nce of the town, 1 and orderly appearance. Though not a manufacturingtowu, a con-
aud It occupies an extensive plain on the ; .rth bank of the' siderable trade is carried on in the dressing of lamb and sheep
Tweed, opposite the coiiSuence of the Teviot with that river, and 1 skins and the currvuig of leather, and there is a huge iron foundry
surrounded on aU sides by a delightful amphitheatre of wood- ' and engineering works. Boots and shoes are made in large quan-
ciad hills. Kelso is of Ivory great antiquity, and has been the I titles, supplying not only the town and neighbourhood but also the
scene of many memor.ible events in early history. Its border "" ' ' "' ..._.,,..
situation subjected it to almost continual incursioiis of enemies,
and to several conflagrations. To the latter infliction, however,
it IS indebted for the modern and nuiform stylo which now
characterises its appearance. It is built after the manner of the
Fleimsii towns, having a spacious square iu the centre, from
which diverge four principal streets. On the east side of tie sqn.-.re
stands an elegant town hall, erected in 1S16, which is adorned with
a Ime portrait of the late Duke of Roxburgh. In this haU
periodical courts are held by the sherifl', justices of the peace, and
magistrates, as are also the meetings of the commissioners of
different fairs and markets in the north of England. It is noted
for its cabinet and upholstery works, and the artisans in this
business are selected by the resident gentry within a wide circuit
on both sides of the border. There are many corn mills in the
neighbourhood. The domestic trade of Kelso is well supported,
and many of the shops are furnished with very extensive stocks of
all sorts of goods necessary for the consumption of an inland dis-
trict. The trading and monetary interests of the town are aided
in their transactions by the establishment of live banking houses,
branches respectively of the Branch of Scotland, the Commercial
,.- ^ I.J ■ — ■=■' "" — ^ v.x^."^.o.;.^uiitxo ui Bank of Scotland, the National Bank of Scotland, the British
ponce, aiid tlie mcorijorated trades and friendly societies cf the Linen Company's Bank, and the City of Glasgow Bank. The prin-
town. On the grouud floor is a large enclosed piazza, which, on cipal hotel is the Cross Keys. There are several places of worship
market flays, is opened for the use of the farmers and others in Kelso, exclusive of the Established Church. Their designations,
attenomg the market. In the Wood Market has been erected a i4o. are given in a subsequent page. Among the several benevolent
very elegant Corn Exchange, which has proved a great boon to the institutions supported by the inhabitants may be enumerated the
tarmers and merchants. The bridge which crosses the Tweed was dispensary, founded in 1777, which possesses hot and cold baths,
SVo,i/,,7f ''"?'""*'' ' present century, at a cost of about a society for educating poor boys, a public grammar school, and
ilM.nuu, after a plan by the late Sir John Kennie, the architect of others. "The literary institutions include several libraries and a
Waterloo Bridge, London, of which it may be said to be a model, news and reading room, a literary and polytechnic institution, an
It consists of hve arches of equal span, and is well worthy of the association entitled the Tweedside Physical and Antiquarian
strangers notice, particularly from the beautiful views obtained Society; a society composed of the noblemen aud gentlemen re-
irom It. which are not surpassed on any other part of the Tweed, siding in this quarter, styled the Bowmen of the Border (instituted
un too north bank is Fleurs Castle, the princely residence of the in the year 1768) ; and several benefit Focieties. Three newsimpers
uuke 01 Ko.xburgh, and on the south bank of the Teviot is Spring- arepubhshed in Kelso, under the titles of tlio "Kelso Mail"
wood Park tlie beautifnl seat of Sir George H. S. Douglas, Bart, (established in 1797), the " Kelso Chronicle" (in 1888), and the
in tne t-cntre may te seen the ancient castle of Roxburgh, with the i " Kelso Courier." Kelso, which is at all times a place of gaiety and
JMlclon mils in the distance, while on the rignt hand are the vener- , respectability, has an additional liveliness imparted to it by the
aoie remains .d Kelso Abbey, founded by David I. iu 1428. This occasional rendezvous of the Royal Caledonian Hunt, aud by the
magnincont rum i3_ of Saxon or early Norman architecture with ; horse races which take place in the autumn, they being superior to
The course, which is much
) the northward. On it is an es-
- ., ,,. , — ^ .■ — - i.r^^t >j" ^t..txji, .j„<iu,, uu uiia ujuu,-i V* uiAat, o-t Doucast&T. Tho weokly mar-
icmming tne rubbish fivm the base of the structure, the frag- ket, cliiefly for corn, is held on Friday, and from October to June a
u ent 01 a Dcii was toun„, which is supposed to have been when narket for cattle and sheep is held coco a fortnight on Monday.
jerlHct about s feet m diameter and one ton and a half in An annual lair also takes place cii the 6th of Augmst. Acreage of
weignt. At me east end of the town is situated Shedden Park, the parish, 5,384; population in 1871, 6,124, of which the town con-
"hicb was recently presented to the inbabilants by Mrs. Robert- tained 4,664.
J on, of Jidnain House, and her nephew, who perished in the search Ei>kam (or Edeiilmm) is a small village and parish, the former
Kr Mr jonn !■ ranklm. pleasantly situated on the small river Eden, about two mUea and a
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