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Greenlaw.-- small town and par. with ry. sta., Berwickshire, on Blackadder Water, 7½ miles SW. of Duns -- par., 12,149 ac., pop. 1245; town, pop. 744; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Greenlaw dates from the close of the 17th century; it succeeded an older town of the same name about 1 mile to the S. From 1696 till 1853 it was the county town, a position now shared by Duns.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Greenlaw Parish Greenlaw Burgh Berwickshire County |
| Place: | Greenlaw |
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