Abbotsford House Trust for Scotland objected. Sir Walter Scott rescued the "jougs" from Threave Castle in Dumfries and Galloway and attached them to the castellated gateway he built at Abbotsford. Tweedbank railway station is located near to Abbotsford House. Abbotsford gave its name to the Abbotsford Club, founded by William Barclay Turnbull in 1833 or 1834 in Scott's honour, and a successor to the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs. It was a text publication society, which existed to print and publish historical works connected with Scott's writings. Its publications extended from 1835 to 1864. In 2012, a new Visitor Centre opened at Abbotsford
SS Abbotsford SS Abbotsford The SS "Abbotsford" was a brig-rigged iron passenger ship built by the Gourlay Brothers of Dundee for the Red Star Line, of Antwerp. Despite the company's home in Belgium, the liner was registered in Liverpool and flew the British flag. She was launched on March 29, 1873. Her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia started on May 10, 1873 for the Red Star. On November 24, 1874 the "Abbotsford" collided with the on the way to New York from Antwerp. Repairs were made in London, England. That same year, small pox broke out on the ship forcing the