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Legerwood

{{Short description|Historic village in Scotland}}

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File:Legerwood - geograph.org.uk - 208854.jpg

File:Legerwood Kirk.jpg, at Kirkhill, half a mile east of the hamlet]]

Legerwood is a village by the Eden Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near Lauder, near the Southern Upland Way.

In is recorded on Pont's map as Lygertwode.{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=343440 |num2=NT54SE 76 |desc=Bordlands |access-date=25 June 2025}}

Legerwood Kirk is outside the village and has been there since at least 1127.

Places nearby include Boon Farm, Gordon, Greenlaw, Kelso, Melrose, Westruther, Earlston.

Pronunciation

The township name is pronounced Le-JER-wood, containing {{vr|g}} phonically produced as {{vr|j}}.

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Legerwood}}

  • [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121118050324/http%3A//www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/index.php?action%3Ddo_search%26id%3D1037%26p_name%3DLEGERWOOD%26p_type%3DPARISH%26p_county1%3DBerwickshire RCAHMS record for Parish Legerwood]
  • [http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=55925 RCAHMS record for Legerwood Parish Church]
  • {{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=55922 |num2=NT54SE 25 |desc=Legerwood}}
  • [http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parfirst878.html Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Legerwood]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080807131019/http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/events/21634.html Scottish Borders Council: Lambs at Legerwood, Ranger-led walk]
  • [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/BEW/Legerwood/index.html GENUKI: Legerwood]
  • [http://bordersfhs.org.uk/legerwood.asp Borders Family History Society: Legerwood]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112614/http://www.southernuplandwayholidays.com/legerwood-farm-trail-i202.html Legerwood Farm Trail]
  • [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1444130 GEOGRAPH image: Legerwood Hill]

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Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders

Category:Parishes in Berwickshire

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