Caddon Water - Izeria

The Caddon Water (Scottish Gaelic: Cadan) is a small river by the village of Caddonfoot, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It rises on Windlestraw Law, four miles north of Innerleithen, and flows through the Stantling Craig Reservoir. It joins the river Tweed at Caddonfoot, having completed its journey after 11 miles (18 km).

1. Etymology

The name Caddon, recorded as Kaledene in 1296, has a Brittonic origin. The second part of the name is the nominal or locative suffix -onā. The first element may be *calet, which survives in Welsh as caled meaning "hard". An initial element of cad meaning "a battle", is also a possibility.

1. See also

List of places in the Scottish Borders List of places in Scotland

1. References


1. External links

RCAHMS record for Caddon Water Roman Communications in the Tweed Valley Gazetteer for Scotland: Caddon Water Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) River Tweed Catchment Pollution Reduction Programme Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Scottish Borders Council: Local Plan: water and Drainage, Caddon Water Southern Reporter, September 2009: "No quick fix for village sewer issue" GEOGRAPH image: Footbridge over Caddon Water

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Caddonlee

Caddonlee is a farm in the village of Clovenfords in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Caddon Water, near Caddonfoot where Caddon Water meets the Tweed . The nearest town is Galashiels. On the farm are traces of an auxiliary Roman fort allied to that main Roman outpost at Trimontium at Melrose

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Caddonfoot

Caddonfoot (Scottish Gaelic: Bun Chadain) is a village on the River Tweed, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A707, near Galashiels. The village is at the mouth of the Caddon Water Other places nearby include Boleside, Broadmeadows, Scottish Borders, Buckholm, Clovenfords, Darnick, Gattonside, Innerleithen, Lindean, Melrose, Selkirk, Stow, Traquair, Tweedbank, Yarrow. The church was erected in 1861 and became the parochial church of the new parish of Caddonfoot in 1870. The church was enlarged in 1875 and in the same year that the village school was rebuilt. The school closed in 2012 as a new building was opened in Clovenfords. Prior to 1898 Caddonfoot lay within the civil parish of Stow, on its border with Galashiels. Stow parish was mainly in Midlothian (Edinburghshire) but the southern portion, mainly the valley of Caddon Water was in Selkirkshire. Then in December 1898 a new civil parish of Caddonfoot was erected consisting of the portion of the civil parish of Stow within Selkirkshire, and the portions of the civil parishes of Selkirk, Galashiels, and Yarrow, situated within the ecclesiastical parish of Caddonfoot. The civil parish includes Clovenfords and Caddonlee and the Clovenfords and District Community Council serves roughly the same area. Caddonfoot War Memorial stands in the parish churchyard, and was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer. The civil parish has an area of 19,252 acres and a population of 912 (in 2011).

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Peel Hospital

Peel Hospital was a health facility at Caddonfoot in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is a Category A Listed Building.

Historic Site Hospital

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Angling Club Cottage Platform railway station

Angling Club Cottage Platform served the Edinburgh Angling Club in Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1898 to the late 1940s.

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