Old Photograph Rutherford Lodge Scotland

Old photograph of Rutherford Lodge near Kelso, Scotland. Rutherford Lodge was a fishing lodge until it was enlarged and rebuilt in the 1920's. Standing on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from the now vanished royal burgh of Roxburgh, Kelso and its sister hamlet of Wester Kelso were linked to the burgh by a ferry at Wester Kelso. A small hamlet existed before the completion of the abbey in 1128 but the settlement started to flourish with the arrival of the monks. Many were skilled craftsmen, and they helped the local population as the village expanded. The abbey controlled much of life in Kelso area burgh of barony, called Holydean, until the Reformation in the 16th century. After that, the power and wealth of the abbey declined. The Kerr family of Cessford took over the barony and many of the abbey's properties around the town. By the 17th century, they virtually owned Kelso.



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