Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Denholm

Denholm, vil., 5 miles NE. of Hawick, Roxburghshire, pop. 592; P.O., T.O.; an ancient place, burnt by Hertford in 1545. D. was the birthplace of John Leyden (1775-1811), scholar and poet. To the W. is a deep wooded dell called Denholm Dean.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Roxburghshire ScoCnty
Place: Denholm

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