Galloway description 1654 "The inhabitants engage in fishing both in the surrounding sea and in the rivers and lochs which flow everywhere below the hills; from these at the autumnal equinox they catch in boxes…
Sheriffdom OF Dumfries 1654 "on the sandbanks of the Solway, the arrival of salmon, they spur their horses into water, and with lances armed with iron points they easily spear and draw them out." The…
Nithsdale description 1654 "Nithsdale together with Annandale nurtures a warlike race of men, but they have a bad reputation on account of their raiding. For they occupy the sandy Solway Firth, through which they often…
Annandale 1645 Map Annandale 1654 Map: Charting the Nation website National Library of Scotland: Annandale Map: Annandale Text The text explains the feuds of Johnsons Maxwells. Robert Bruce & Balliol is explained. This map shows south…
Liddesdale Description 1654 In Liddesdale rose up Hermitage, so called because it will at one time have been dedicated to the solitary life; but now it is a well-fortified castle, which belonged to the Hepburns;…
Teviotdale Description 1654 "inhabited by a warlike people, who on account of the very frequent wars in previous centuries between the Scots and the English, are highly prepared for military service and sudden attacks." The…
Tweeddale and the Province of Peebles 1654 "scattered by the force of the fish as they burst out, losing the footholds which they have endeavoured to make and strengthen for themselves. Nonetheless they catch in…
Blaeu's Atlas names Northumberland as North Humberland and includes the English Middle and East Marches. Based on notes and sketches 1580-1613 by Timothy Pont who travelled in Scotland and northern England. Although robbed and suffering…
Cumberland 1622 map Based on notes and sketches 1580-1613 by Timothy Pont who travelled in Scotland and northern England. Although robbed and suffering in primitive conditions, his notes, updated by Gordon of Straloch, were the…
Liddesdale Tweeddale Teviotdale Middle March Scotland Maps The border between England and Scotland was divided into Marches with a Warden of The March to administer his version of justice. The maps were made by Blaeu…
Berwickshire Scottish Borders East March of Scotland The Merse These maps were printed by Blaeu from notes made by Timothy Pont with Gordon adding to them. The maps were published in an atlas and also…
Galloway. This was not part of the Border Marches but Pont travelled the area and made notes from which Blaeu produced his atlas. For the sake of completeness and to encourage the search of the…
Interactive zoom maps; scroll wheel or click + to zoom Annandale 1654 Map: Charting the Nation website This map shows south Dumfriesshire from the River Esk in the east to the Lochar Water in the…
