Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Camptown

Camptown, a hamlet in Jedburgh parish, Roxburghshire, 6 miles SSE of Jedburgh town. It takes its name from an ancient camp, now nearly effaced; and it has a post office under Jedburgh.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Jedburgh Parish       Roxburghshire County

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