Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rowchester

Rowchester, an estate, with a fine modern mansion, in Greenlaw parish, Berwickshire, 3 miles SE of the town. It was purchased in 1858 by Rt. Hy. Broughton, Esq. (b. 1829), who holds 926 acres in the shire, valued at £1890 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.


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

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Feature Description: "an estate, with a fine modern mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Greenlaw ScoP       Berwickshire ScoCnty

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