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Old Photograph Chesters House Ancrum Scotland
Old photograph of Chesters House by the River Teviot near Ancrum located four miles North of Jedburgh, Borders, Scotland. It was built in the late 18th century for Thomas Elliot Ogilvie, a man who made his fortune with the Madras Civil Service in India. Ogilvie purchased the estate in 1787 and commissioned local architect William Elliot to design the new mansion, which was completed by 1790. Two local landmarks which are visible from certain areas around the village of Ancrum are the Waterloo Monument and the Timpendean Tower. The original name of the village was Ancram, as in Earl of Ancram, Marquess of Lothian and Baron Teviot. The area just north of the village was the site of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.
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