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Melrose, General
Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Melrose, General
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 55760
Site Number NT53SW 50
NGR NT 5477 3397
NGR Description Centred on NT 5477 3397
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55760
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Melrose
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT53SW 50 5477 3397
The extent of the burgh of Melrose (NT 54 33) was defined by a boundary ditch called 'Tonman's Dyke', which may have been defensible. The ditch existed in the 12th century, and possibly goes back to the time of the foundation of the town. In later times crosses were erected at the entrances to the town and at the points where the direction of the boundary changed. The original name was 'Little Fordell'.
J Curle 1935
Mentioned as burgh of barony in 1605; re-erected burgh of barony in 1609; became a burgh of regality in 1621.
G S Pryde 1965.
NT53SW 50 5477 3397 Centre
NMRS REFERENCE
Collection items LOR M/41/1 and LOR J/3/1/1-5 (Robert and Dorothea Mary Jeffrey Memorial) have been entered in this general site because at time of entry it was not possible to determine in which of the churchyards in Melrose the memorial is located (AC 7 May 2002).
