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​Abbotsford

Abbotsford

abbotsford an extract from Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
​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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