Great Tosson, Renovated Mill House
Archibald Herbert, brother of Thomas who went to Canada, was the miller here.
Archibald is buried at Alwinton. The inscription is on the reverse side of his brother George’s headstone.
Archibald’s son William emigrated to Australia in 1853. He farmed at Yarra Glen, east of Melbourne.
Great Tosson is near Rothbury, a picturesque town on the Coquet River.
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View of Harbottle Village from Castle Ruins
A beautiful little village in the Coquet River valley.
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Former Post Office in Harbottle Village
Susan Herbert (1847-1931) was Post Mistress here for 50 years.
Susan was the daughter of Archibald Herbert of Great Tosson.
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Harbottle, View from Castle Ruins
Harbottle was a fortified town in earlier times.
The castle, built in the 1100s was used to repel the Scots in the border wars.
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Harthope Burn
Walk along this peaceful stream or picnic on its banks.
Access is via Wooler and Earle (or ‘Yearle’, later spelling).
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Haugh Head Farm Buildings
Isabella Embleton (1804-1892) was the wife of Thomas Herbert.
Isabella’s parents were George Embleton and Margaret Davidson.
George Embleton was a joiner at Haugh Head.
Haugh Head is on the main road just a mile south of Wooler.
A ‘haugh’ is a flat area of land adjacent to a stream.
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Hawick Town Square
Hawick is a mill town in Scotland about 10 miles west of Jedburgh
Marshall Robison senior, at the top of the known Robison tree, came from Hawick.
Hawick is pronounced more like ‘hoik’ by locals.
A great place for shopping for woollen goods.
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Hownam Church
This is the burial place of Isabella Herbert nee Wanless, wife of Robert Herbert.
Her body was conveyed from ‘Old Rookland’ for her to be buried with her daughter,
and Douglas ancestors ( her mother was Isabel Douglas).
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Hownam Village
Hownam (older spelling Hounan) is in Scotland in the Cheviot Hills on Kale Water.
There were Herbert christenings here in the early 1700s.
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Humbleton Farm House
Humbleton (or Homildon) Hill behind this small village was the sight of the Battle of Humbleton Hill in 1402.
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Humbleton, Cottage Gardens
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Humbleton, Renovated Farm Cottages
Pringles, ancestors of the Craigs, lived in this village.
Did they live in these cottages? They would certainly have been more ‘humble’ then!
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Ilderton Church
This Church of England is in a farming community about 3 miles south of Wooler.
Thomas Herbert married Isabella Embleton here in 1824.
Marriage laws prohibited Presbyterians in England marrying in their own church.
Thomas Herbert’s sister Christian married George Gibson of Threestoneburn.
Christian and three generations of George Gibsons are buried here.
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Jedburgh Jail
After William Wanless Herbert was convicted of sheep stealing on Cocklaw,
he was convicted in Jedburgh courthouse and served time in this jail.
He was exiled to Australia in 1846.
The jail overlooks the town and is open for tourists.
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Jedburgh, Old Monastery
Jedburgh is an historic town in Scotland on the main A68 road.
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