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Revision as of 08:59, 19 June 2010 edit Renata (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Pending changes reviewers 10,106 edits ←Created page with 'thumb\|right\|300px\|Cheviot countryside near Cessford '''Cessford''' is a village off the B6401, in the [[Scottish B...'		Latest revision as of 11:24, 20 January 2024 edit undo JarrahTree (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 374,460 edits Importing Wikidata short description: "Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK" Tag: Shortdesc helper
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Line 1: {{Short description\|Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK}} [[File:Cessford - geograph.org.uk - 191631.jpg\|thumb~~\|right~~\|300px\|Cheviot countryside near Cessford]] '''Cessford''' is a ~~village~~[[hamlet ~~off~~(place)\|hamlet]] and former barony about a mile south of the B6401 road, in the [[Scottish Borders]] area of [[Scotland]]. The placename is from Gaelic 'ceis' and means 'the wattled causeway over the ford'; spellings vary between Cesfuird, Cesford, Cessfoord, Cessfuird, and Cessfurde. ~~The placename is from Gaelic 'ceis' and means 'the wattled causeway over the ford'; spellings vary between Cesfuird, Cesford, Cessfoord, Cessfuird, and Cessfurde.~~ Places nearby include [[Crailing]], [[Eckford, Scottish Borders\|Eckford]], [[Kelso, Scottish Borders\|Kelso]], [[Morebattle]], [[Nisbet, Roxburghshire\|Nisbet]], and [[Oxnam]] [[Cessford Castle]] is a ruined [[castle]] nearby. [[Cessford Burn]] is a [[tributary]] of the [[Kale Water]]. ==See also== [[List of places in the Scottish Borders]] ==~~Reference~~References== Scott, T (1897) 'Collection of flint arrow-heads, spearheads, knives, scrapers, borers, flakes - about 600 in all - from Craigsfordmains mostly', ''Hist Berwickshire Natur Club, vol.15,1'', pages ~~166-7~~166–7. ==External links== {{commons category}} {{Canmore \|num=58313 \|desc=Cessford}} [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/58313/details/cessford/ CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Cessford] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120308083939/http://www.morebattle.bordernet.co.uk/history/parish-history.html The Former Parish of Mow or Molle / Ker family]▼ [[George Crabb (writer)\|George Crabb]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=AVdBAAAAcAAJ&dq=Cessford+scotland&pg=PT218 Google book: Universal Historical Dictionary, the Kers of Cessford and of Fernihirst] [http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/pdf/28294.pdf Kale Water Community Council]{{dead link\|date=November 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}▼ {{coord\|55.50498\|N\|2.42107\|W\|type:city(50)_region:GB\|display=title}} ▲[http://www.morebattle.bordernet.co.uk/history/parish-history.html The Former Parish of Mow or Molle / Ker family] [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AVdBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT218&lpg=PT218&dq=Cessford+scotland&source=bl&ots=BurFb_b499&sig=-dYK8tfjk42xgKKZy0wLPBNQSLY&hl=en&ei=VIMcTJ2zMYLw0gSx39imDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwATigAQ#v=onepage&q=Cessford%20scotland&f=false Google book: Universal Historical Dictionary, the Kers of Cessford and of Fernihirst] ▲[http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/pdf/28294.pdf Kale Water Community Council] {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders]]