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Bowden.-- par. and vil., NW. Roxburghshire, 1 mile W. of St Boswells ry. sta. and 3 miles S. of Melrose, 7667 ac., pop. 769; P.O. The vil. contains an ancient cross, and ruins or sites of old Border keeps. In the church aisle the Dukes of Roxburghe have their burial-place.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bowden Parish Roxburghshire County |
| Place: | Bowden |
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