Abbotsford House Abbotsford House Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed. It was formerly the residence of historical novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott. It is a Category A Listed Building. The nucleus of the estate was a small farm of , called Cartleyhole, nicknamed Clarty (i.e., muddy) Hole, and was bought by Scott on the lapse of his lease (1811) of the neighbouring house of Ashestiel. He first built a small villa and named it Abbotsford, creating the name from a ford nearby where previously abbots of Melrose
The Tweed Daily the "Tweed and Brunswick Advocate", published by John William Kilner. On 26 July 1905, publisher P.W. Tarlinton renamed it the "Tweed Times and Brunswick Advocate", also known as the "Tweed Times". In July 1893 George Niklin started publishing the "Tweed Herald and Brunswick Chronicle", also known as the "Tweed Herald". On 1 January 1914, the first edition of "The Tweed Dail"y was published; this incorporated the "Tweed Herald" and the "Tweed Times". The "Tweed Daily" was replaced by the "Tweed and South Coast Daily" on 18 April 1949, which was then continued by "The Daily News", on 1 July 1957,