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ABBEY ST. BATHANS, parish, with hamlet on Whitadder water, 4 miles west-south-west of Grant's House railway station, Berwickshire. Post town, Grant's House. Acres, 4797. Real property in 1880-81, 2630. Pop. 250. The higher land rises to heights of from 300 to 400 feet above the level of the plains, and the entire surface consists of haughs, slopes, and tabular hills. A priory was founded, here by a daughter of William the Lion, and became rich, but has entirely dis-appeared. The church adjoins the priory's site, and is part of an ancient structure. The public school has about 80 scholars.
