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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Cavers like this:
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.
Cavers is now part of SCOTTISH BORDERS Council. Click here for graphs and data of how SCOTTISH BORDERS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cavers itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cavers, in Scottish Borders and Roxburghshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17131
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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