Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buckholmside

Buckholmside, a part of Galashiels town in Melrose parish, Roxburghshire, on the left bank of Gala Water. It takes its name from Buckholm Hill (1064 feet), immediately adjacent to it; and it forms, both practically and compactly, a large part of Galashiels.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a part of Galashiels town"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Melrose ScoP       Roxburghshire ScoCnty

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