Newtown St Boswells | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Newtown St Boswells

Newtown St Boswells, vil. with ry. sta. (St Boswells), partly in St Boswells, but chiefly in Melrose par., Roxburghshire, near river Tweed, 3½ miles SE. of Melrose and 40½ miles SE. of Edinburgh, pop. 444; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; is an important railway junction on the North British Railway system, and has extensive auction marts for live stock.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units:	Melrose Parish Roxburghshire County
Place:	Newtown

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