Maps, Plans and Archives
1821 John Smith, sketch survey plan of Abbotsford (in 1817-24 Plans and Accounts, Advocates Library)
1817-1824 Plans and accounts connected with the building and furnishing of Abbotsford, bound volume, Advocates Library
1817-1824 Abbotsford, sketches and sundries, volume of drawings (plans, elevations etc); Advocates Library
1838 David Wilson, 'Plan of the Estate of Abbotsford, belonging to Sir Walter Scott, Bart., surveyed by David Wilson'
1856-9 survey Selkirkshire, 1st edition OS 1:2500 (25”) and OS 1:10560 (6”), published 1863
1897 survey Selkirkshire, 2nd edition OS 1:2500 (25”) and OS 1:10560 (6”), published 1900
Scott, Sir Walter 1819-31, Sylva Abbotsfordiensis, Memoranda Concerning the woods and plantations at ABBOT'S FORD Manuscript in The Advocates Library, Edinburgh, seen as a transcript by Jerry Carruthers and Alison Lumsden, by kind permission of The Keeper of the Library, Faculty of Advocates
RCAHMS: National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS) and photographic and manuscript collections
Sources
Printed Sources
ASH Consulting Group 1998, The Borders landscape assessment, Edinburgh: Scottish Natural Heritage.
Black, A & C 1912, Beautiful Britain: Abbotsford (illustrated by William Smith), London: Adam and Charles Black
Black , A & C 1875, Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland 20th ed., Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
Brown, I G (ed) 2003, Abbotsford and Sir Walter Scott, The Image and the Influence, Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries
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Gardener's Chronicle 1884, 'Abbotsford' 8 November, 583-4
Gardener's Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette 1863, 'Garden Memoranda, Abbotsford' 21 November, 1111-2
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Note of Abbreviations used in references
RCAHMS: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
About the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.
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