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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Bower	Caithness	Rose-George Sinclair, eighth Bart. since 1631) lies 4¼ miles E by N of the hamlet, Stemster House (Alex. Henderson, Esq.) 2¾ miles NW of the station; and their owners respectively hold 6900 and 4039 acres in the shire, of an annual value of £2355 and £1918. Bower	Groome
  Caithness	Caithness	rose from 30 to 40 per cent. within 20 years up to June 1880, such rise being partly due to this working of flagstones; since then they have fallen from 10 to 15 per cent. The soil of the arable land and green pasture-from the E bank of Forss Water on the N coast to Assery; thence eastward by Calder Loch to Halkirk on Thurso river; thence along that river to Dale; thence eastward, by Achatibster, Toftingall, Bilbster, and Thurster, to the coast at Hempriggs; thence along the coast northward to Wester Water; thence up that water and past	Groome
  Dryburgh Abbey	Berwickshire	Dryburgh Abbey, a noble monastic ruin in Merton parish, SW Berwickshire, 1¼ mile E of Newtown St Boswell's	Groome
  Dumfries	Dumfries Shire	Dumfries, a town and a parish on the SW border of Dumfriesshire. A royal and parliamentary burgh, a Seaport - since	Groome
  DYNEVOR-CASTLE, or Newton	Carmarthenshire	rose from the ruins or dilapidations of more than one previous pile. The chief existing -ancient features of it are a square tower, a round tower, and some battlemented walls. The first founder was Roderick Mawr; other occupants were Rhys ap Twdwr, Rhys ap Gruffydd, and subsequent South Wales princes; and the occupant in Henry VII. 's time, receiving it in grant from that king, was Sir Rhys ap Thomas. Spenser, in his Fairie Queene, places the domicile of Merlin within the domain; and says, - If thou ever happen that same way To travel, go and see that dreadful place	Imperial
  Edinburgh	Midlothian	Edinburgh, the metropolis of Scotland and county town of Midlothian, is situated 2 miles S of the Firth of Forth	Groome
  Elgin	Moray	Elgin a city and royal burgh, and the county town Of Elginshire, is one of the brightest and most picturesque	Groome
  ESSEX	Essex	ESSEX , a maritime county of England; bounded, on the N, by Cambridge and Suffolk; on the E, by the German	Imperial
  Linlithgow	Midlothian West Lothian	Linlithgow (popularly Lithgow, formerly Linlithcu, Linlythku, Linliskeu, Linliscoth, Linlychku, and Lithcow; etymology uncertain), a royal and parliamentary burgh and the	Groome
  MANCHESTER	Lancashire Manchester	MANCHESTER , a city, a township, a district, a parish, and a diocese in Lancashire. The city stands at an intersection	Imperial
  Melrose	Roxburghshire Selkirkshire	Roses and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak leaves and ash leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable truth and such grace of nature, that the finest botanist in the world could not desire a better hortus siccus, so far as they go.' The roof is quite gone, but there are holes along the walls for the beams. The carving of the doorway itself that leads into the cloister is particularly worthy of notice for its exquisite undercutting. Over the chancel and lady chapel the beautiful groining remains	Groome
  MUDDIFORD	Hampshire	Rose afterwards wrote a poem called " Gundimore; " and lie said, in that poem Here Walter Scott has woo'd the nor thern muse; Here he with me has joy'd to walk or cruise; and hence has prick'd through Ytene's holt, where we Have call'd to mind how, under greenwood tree, Pierc'd by the partner of his woodland craft, King Rufus fell by Tyrell's random shaft. Hence have we rang'd by Celtic camps and barrows, Or climb'd th' expectant bark, to thread the Narrows Of Hurst, bound westward to the gloomy bower	Imperial
  Perth	Perthshire	Perth (perhaps from Gaelic Bar-tatha, 'height of Tay'), formerly also St Johnstoun, is the name of an ancient city	Groome
  Rose Bower	Northumberland	Rose Bower , vil., in SW. of Northumberland. 5 miles SW. of Bellingham.	Bartholomew
  ROSE-BOWER	Northumberland	ROSE-BOWER , a village in the S W of Northumberland; on crags above Wark burn, 5 miles S W of Bellingham	Imperial
  Trossachs	Perthshire	rose fell in streamers green, And creeping shrubs, of thousand dyes, Waved in the west wind's summer sighs. 'Boon Nature scatter'd, free and wild, Each plant or flower, the mountain's child. Here eglantine embalm'd the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there; The primrose pale, and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower	Groome

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