Roxburghshire
Description and Information taken from the Scottish Towns Website
The greatest of all architectural attractions of this area are the ruined remains of Kelso Abbey. Long believed to be a relatively small abbey, it is now (due to a description found in the Vatican Library) widely held to have been a massive structure and most likely the largest of all the Border abbeys. Founded by King David I in 1128 it stood for over 400 years before it was destroyed in 1545. Kelso Abbey was unique in Scotland because of its many Norman architectural features.
Register Offices
The Scottish Borders Council Registration Service have responsibility for register offices
throughout the Scottish Borders area.
Castleton District
Castleton District Register Office
10 Douglas Square
Newcastleton
Roxburghshire
TD9 0QD
Tel 013873 75606
Galashiels
Galashiels Register Office
Library Buildings
Lawyers' Brae
Galashiels
TD1 3JQ
Tel 01896 752822
Hawick
Hawick Register Office
Council Offices
High Street
Hawick
TD9 9EF
Tel 01450 364710
Jedburgh
Jedburgh District Register Office
Library Building
Castlegate
Jedburgh
TD8 6AS
Tel 01835 863670
Kelso
Kelso District Register Office
The Town House
Kelso
TD5 7HF
Tel 01573 225659
Melrose
Melrose District Register Office
Market Square
Melrose
Ettrick and Lauderdale
TD6 9PG
Tel 01896 823114
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Library Links
Scottish Borders Library Service
Libraries within the county;
Galashiels
Galashiels Library
Lawyers Brae
Galashiels
TD1 3JQ
Tel 01896 752512
Hawick
Hawick Library
North Bridge Street
Hawick
TD9 9QT
Tel 01450 372637
Kelso
Kelso Library
Bowmont Street
Kelso
TD5 7JH
Tel 01573 223171
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