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Garden Attractions In Scottish Borders

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The Anglo-Scottish border between England and Scotland runs for 96 miles between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. It is Scotland's only land border with another country, and one of England's two . The Firth of Forth was the border between the Picto-Gaelic Kingdom of Alba and the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria in the early 10th century. It became the first Anglo-Scottish border with the annexation of Northumbria by Anglo-Saxon England in the mid 10th century. In 973, Kenneth, King of Scots attended the English king, Edgar the Peaceful, at his council in Chester. After Kenneth had reportedly done homage, Edgar rewa...
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  • 10. Hirsel Estate Coldstream
    Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964. He is notable for being the most recent Prime Minister to hold office while being a member of the House of Lords, before renouncing his peerage and taking up a seat in the House of Commons for the remainder of his premiership. His reputation, however, rests more on his two spells as Britain's foreign secretary than on his brief premiership. The eldest child of Charles Douglas-Home, the then Lord Dunglass, who was himself the eldest son of the 12th Earl of Home, Alec Douglas-Home was educated at Ludgrove School and Eton College, then receiving a Bachelor of Arts in modern history from Christ Church...
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  • 11. Muncaster Castle Ravenglass
    Ravenglass is a small coastal village and natural harbour in Cumbria, England roughly halfway between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven. Historically in Cumberland, it is the only coastal town in the Lake District National Park. It is located at the estuary of three rivers: the Esk, Mite and Irt. The hamlet of Saltcoats lies north of the River Mite.
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  • 12. Mertoun Gardens St Boswells
    Mertoun House is a country house situated by the River Tweed, 2 miles east of St Boswells in the Scottish Borders. It is home to the Duke of Sutherland. The early 18th-century house is category-A listed, and was designed by Sir William Bruce. The gardens of the house are open to the public, and are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
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