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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER TWEED | River Tweed | Fullertons Gazetteer of Scotland Map of Berwick Map of Roxburgh Map of Scotland |
The Tweed has its source in a paltry fountain called "Tweed Well" a little above the farmhouse of Tweedshaws and at the foot of a hill named Tweed's cross on the southwest boundary of the Parish of Tweedsmuir Peeblesshire. The well is half a mile from Lanarkshire on the west the same distance from Dumfriesshire on the south and 1500 feet above the level of the sea. From other sides of the hill where it springs up proceed rills to the gathering or incipient volumes of the Clyde and the Annan yet not such as can with any justice be pronounced more than secondary head streams of these rivers. Over 22 miles from its source the Tweed runs prevailingly northeastward and over the remaining 14 miles of the Peeblesshire part of its course in the direction of east by south. During its connexion with Selkirkshire it continues as in the latter part of its course in Peeblesshire to run prevailingly eastward till the last 9 or 10 miles and over these it runs in the direction of Northeast by east. In a small part of this run it divides Selkirkshire from Roxburghshire and in two places |
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