Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Quarter

Quarter, an estate in Broughton parish, Peeblesshire, on Holms Water, 2¼ miles SSW of Broughton station. It was sold in 1741 to Thomas Tweedie, a cadet of the Tweedies of Oliver. See Rachan House.


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

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Feature Description: "an estate"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Peebles Shire ScoCnty

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