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
Abbotsford, Victoria in 1888. It was the home to Brush Fabrics until 2004, when plans for conversion to apartments were implemented. Work on the conversion began in mid-2007 and was completed in December 2009. Prominent hotels include the Carringbush Hotel. It was built in 1889 and was originally named the Friendly Societies Hotel. There are five bridges on the eastern boundary. Between 1857 and 1899 a privately owned tollbridge, or 'Penny Bridge', connected the north end of Church Street to Yarra Bend Park. Abbotsford has a government primary school (Abbotsford Primary School) and the Sophia Mundi Steiner School, which caters for students