Kelso and Coldstream

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River with church spire reflected at right. The Tweed at Kelso, looking upriver towards The Cobby with the
North Parish Church to the right
House with grass in front. A closer view of two Cobby houses This page of Picture Posting continues the excursion through the Scottish Borders, the last page had photographs from near the River Tweed between Berwick... ...and Coldstream. This page moves up the Tweed to Kelso and particularly its river frontage, and concludes with images from Coldstream. River curving away with wide grass margin. The Cobby, a wide grass margin curves upstream, beside the Tweed Balustraded  terrace overlooking river with large castle in distance. Just upstream, to the west of Kelso, sits Floors Castle which was built in 1721 for the 1st Duke of Roxburghe, and is still lived in by that family. The lead cappings on the
turrets here particularly flamboyant as they catch the light
Flock of gulls by river. Gulls flocking by the Tweed Facade of large palace/castle. Floors Castle from directly across the river River with karge house and distant bridge. Turning to look downstream towards the main (Rennie) bridge in Kelso Spired church between trees reflected in river. The North Parish Church Large house across river, spired church to left. Just appearing at the left, the North Church; the centre of the photograph is
taken by Ednam House
Bridge and church reflected in river. Two angles across the river showing the Rennie Bridge.
St Andrew's Church is just to the...
Church and row of houses reflected in river. ...west of the bridge, and Belmont Place sits between the bridge and the church Large house seen across river between trees. Ednam House has for many years been a hotel. Its story starts with James Dickson of the neighbouring village of Ednam fleeing to London, and thence to Cuba, to escape punishment for a misdemeanour. There he became rich and on his return had James Nisbet, a local mason, construct, in 1761, what was then known as Havannah House - from Dickson's time in that city Two church spires with house between across river. Kelso's North Church, Ednam House, St Andrew's Church and Belmont Terrace with the abbey just peeping over it - the view upstream from near the Rennie Bridge Bridge spire and ruined building. A dreich day with the upstream view on the other side of the Rennie Bridge. The abbey to the right Ruined abbey with floral display in foreground. Kelso Abbey in the year 2000 Ruined abbey with monument and floral dispaly in foreground. The Abbey with a floral slogan under the St George monument Building across road with floral display on nearside. Market Place leads on to the Horse Market Open square with municiple building. Kelso Town Hall sits confidently in The Square Four arches of bridge between trees, boat on river. Coldstream Bridge, over the River Tweed, was constructed in the 1760s Column by house above river The Marjoribanks Monument was created in 1834 to celebrate the local MP who helped get the 1832 Reform Act through parliament River curving under bridge to right column high on bank on left. To the left of the bridge is the Marjoribanks Monument Small octagonal building next to monument by lawn and florwer border. Another monument, this one of 1960, celebrated 300 years of the Coldstream Guards, it stands in Henderson Park which provides a fine view over the Tweed towards the Cheviot Hills... River in foreground, landscape of trees and fields leading towards hills. ...that view, up The Tweed, with The Cheviot in the disance

Trailers... Hill with sweep of cut grass circling its base. The next Picture Posting page is from the area just south of Kelso - around Yetholm. Looking into a shop window filled with lines of shoes. The next page of the Mosaic Section is headed 'Conformity'.
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Saturday 29th June 2024 Murphy on duty ...guide to this site


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