Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hownam

Hownam, par. and vil., E. Roxburghshire, on the Border - par., 15,075 ac., pop. 263; vil., on Kale Water, 11 miles SE. of Kelso; P.O.; the Roman Watling Street runs along the W. boundary of the par., and on Hownam Law (1472 ft.), 2 miles NE. of the vil., is a large Roman camp.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hownam ScoP       Roxburghshire ScoCnty
Place: Hownam

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