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Abbotsford
A name given by Sir Walter Scott to Clarty Hole, on the south
bank of the Tweed, after it became his residence. Sir Walter devised
the name from a fancy he loved to indulge in, that the abbots of
Melrose Abbey, in ancient times, passed over the fords of the
Tweed.
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