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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Broxmouth, a seat of the Duke of Roxburghe in Dunbar parish, Haddingtonshire, at the mouth of Broxburn rivulet, 1½ mile SE by E of Dunbar town. The mansion is modern, and has a finely embellished park, whose gently-sloping grounds are bounded by a sea-wall 1½ mile long. A little eminence called Cromwell's Mount, and crowned by a cedar of Lebanon, is supposed to mark Cromwell's station in the battle of Dunbar (1650); and in the grounds, too, are a Cedrus deodara planted by the Queen in 1878, an observatory, a lake of 4 acres, 5 vineries, -etc. In Haddingtonshire the duke owns 3863 acres, valued at £6281 per annum. See Floors Castle.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Dunbar ScoP East Lothian ScoCnty Roxburghshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Broxmouth |
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