Abbotsford Club Abbotsford Club The Abbotsford Club was a text publication society founded in Edinburgh in 1833 or 1834. This was the year after the death of Sir Walter Scott, whose residence of Abbotsford House gave the society its name, and whose literature the club's publications sought to illuminate. The club was modelled on the Roxburghe Club, of which Scott himself had been a member, as well as the Bannatyne Club, which was founded by Scott, and the Glasgow-centred Maitland Club. The founder and first secretary of the club was William Barclay Turnbull, a young Edinburgh lawyer. The stated objective of the
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,