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Grant's House, a hamlet near the western verge of Coldingham parish, Berwickshire, on the left bank of Eye Water, 41½ miles ESE of Edinburgh, and 16 NW of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It has a station on the North British railway, a post office, with money order, savings, bank, and railway telegraph departments, and an hotel.Ord. Sur-, sh. 34, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Coldingham ScoP Berwickshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Grantshouse |
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