Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hoscote

Hoscote, a modern mansion in the Selkirkshire portion of Roberton parish, near the left bank of Borthwick Water, 8¼ miles WSW of Hawick. Its owner, Archibald Stavert, Esq. (b. 1828; suc. 1857), holds 2139 acres in Selkirk and Roxburgh shires, valued at £1400 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 17, 1864.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a modern mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Roberton Parish       Selkirkshire County

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