Yarrow, Selkirkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Yarrow. You may be able to find further references to Yarrow in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Yarrow parish Bartholomew
Yarrow a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Yarrow.

Place Type of entry Source
Akermoor a small lake Groome
Akermoor small lake Bartholomew
Altrive a stream and a farmstead Groome
Altrive stream and farmstead Bartholomew
Ashiesteel a mansion Groome
Ashiesteel, or Ashiestiel seat Bartholomew
Binram's Cross a small mound, with a few stones Groome
Binram's Cross small mound crowned with stones Bartholomew
Blackhouse a range of mountains Groome
Catslack rivulet Bartholomew
Catslack a burn Groome
Douglas a burn Groome
Dryhope a burn, a hill, and a Border peel-tower Groome
Elibank seat Bartholomew
Elibank an estate, with a mansion and a ruined castle Groome
Gordon Arms an inn Groome
Gordon Arms Inn Bartholomew
Hangingshaw a mansion, with finely-wooded grounds Groome
Kirkstead Burn a troutful stream Groome
Kirkstead Burn stream Bartholomew
Mount Benger farm Bartholomew
Mount-Benger a farm Groome
St Mary's Loch Bartholomew
Yarrowfeus hamlet Bartholomew
Yarrowford hamlet Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Ettrick Forest 0 2
Kirkhope 0 2
Traquair 2 2
Philiphaugh 1 2
Innerleithen 0 2
Walkerburn 0 2
Fairnilee 0 3
Selkirk 2 2
Caddonfoot 0 2
Ashkirk 0 2
Clovenfords 0 2
Kailzie 0 2
Roberton 0 2
Crosslee 0 2
Galashiels 1 2
Ettrick 0 2
Peebles 3 2
Manor 0 2
Bridgend 0 2
Lilliesleaf 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Yarrow. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
YARROW John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.