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Houndwood, a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish in the W of Coldingham parish, Berwickshire. The hamlet lies on the left bank of Eye Water, adjacent to the North British railway, 3 miles WNW of Reston station, and 3 ESE of Grant's House station, its post-town. It consists of the quoad sacra parish church (1836; 500 sittings), a Free church (370 sittings), and a few detached houses, scattered over a length of about ½ mile. The quoad sacra parish, comprising about one half of Coldingham, was constituted by ecclesiastical authority in 1836, by civil authority in 1851; contains the mansions of Houndwood House, Newmains, Berrybank, Sunnyside, Coveyheugh, Stoneshiel, Fairlaw House, and Renton House; has vestiges of two or more old towers, one of them a hunting-seat of the priors of Coldingham; and is in the presbytery of Chirnside and synod of Merse and Teviotdale. The stipend is £120. Three public schools-.Auchincraw, Renton, and Reston -.with respective accommodation for 104, 103, and 110 children, had (1881) an average attendance of 43, 76, and 83, and grants of £38, 12s., £72, 15s., and £71, 1s. 6d. Pop of q. s. parish (1871) 1517, (1881) 1516.—Ord. Sur., sh. 34, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a quoad sacra parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Berwickshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Houndwood |
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