The Tweed at Kelso, looking upriver towards The Cobby with the
North Parish Church to the right
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.
The Cobby, a wide grass margin curves upstream, beside the Tweed
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
Gulls flocking by the Tweed
Floors Castle from directly across the river
Turning to look downstream towards the main (Rennie) bridge in Kelso
The North Parish Church
Just appearing at the left, the North Church; the centre of the photograph is
taken by Ednam House
Two angles across the river showing the Rennie Bridge.
St Andrew's Church is just to the...
...west of the bridge, and Belmont Place sits between the bridge and the church
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
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
A dreich day with the upstream view on the other side of the Rennie Bridge. The abbey to the right
Kelso Abbey in the year 2000
The Abbey with a floral slogan under the St George monument
Market Place leads on to the Horse Market
Kelso Town Hall sits confidently in The Square
Coldstream Bridge, over the River Tweed, was constructed in the 1760s
The Marjoribanks Monument was created in 1834 to celebrate the local MP who helped get the 1832 Reform Act through parliament
To the left of the bridge is the Marjoribanks Monument
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...
...that view, up The Tweed, with The Cheviot in the disance
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The last page of this section had photos of the area lived in by the Hume family
A page of photos from the town of Luang Prabang
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