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{{Short description|Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK}}
[[File:Cessford - geograph.org.uk - 191631.jpg|thumb|300px|Cheviot countryside near Cessford]]
'''Cessford''' is a [[hamlet (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.
Places nearby include [[Crailing]], [[Eckford, Scottish Borders|Eckford]], [[Kelso, Scottish Borders|Kelso]], [[Morebattle]], [[Nisbet, Roxburghshire|Nisbet]], and [[Oxnam]]
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==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
==External links==
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*[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
*[http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/pdf/28294.pdf Kale Water Community Council]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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