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Cavers, par., S. Roxburghshire, 2 miles NE. of Hawick, 18,254 ac., pop. 1318; contains Cavers House, an old seat of the Douglases. John Leyden, the scholar-poet (1775-1811), was a native.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cavers Parish Roxburghshire County |
| Place: | Cavers |
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