Hume, Scottish Borders

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Hume is a hamlet in Scottish Borders

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hume within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hume in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Hume, hamlet, Stitchell and Hume par., S. Berwickshire, 3 miles S. of Greenlaw; P.O. Hume was once a considerable town; Hume Castle (on Hume Craigs, 700 ft. high), was long the seat of the earls of Home, and a strong fortress; it is a conspicuous feature for many miles around, but it now consists of mere walls rebuilt from the old materials on the old foundations.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Home, Berwickshire. See HUME.

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