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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ... are Sabbath schools connected with the Established Church and dissenting congregations in the town. The town of Kelso has long been famed for its Races. The original course was on Caverton Edge, and afterwards, for a few years, on Blakelaw Edge. In 1822, James, late Duke of .Roxburghe, converted the Berry Moss into one of the finest race-courses in the kingdom. It is a mile and a quarter round, sixty feet broad, and from there being no rising ground, the horses are seen distinctly from the starting till the termination of the race. On the west of the course is an elegant stand, with suitable accommodation. There is a spring and an autumn meeting, the latter often enhanced by the presence of the Caledonian Hunt. The first race run on the new course was in September, 1822. The Manor Of Kelso And Abbey.--Although the first intimation of Kelso is to be found in the charter of David I., there can be little doubt that a town and church existed there at an earlier period. At the date of the charter, a church, dedicated to St. Mary, was planted in that situation; but the state of the country may be inferred from Edenham being described as a waste in the days of King Edgar, who reigned between 1097 and 1107. At that period the manor of Kelso was the property of the King, and remained so till 1128, when it was granted by David to the monks of the order of St. Benedict, whom he had settled in the desert at Selkirk, in 1113.* There is no information existing to point out the exact boundaries of the manor of Kelso, but it is thought to have comprehended the whole parish of Kelso lying on the north of the river Tweed, if not all the land lying between Brocsmouth and the influx of the Eden. When Malcolm IV. confirmed the grant of his grandfather David, ..

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