page_title: Mertoun
hierarchical_section_title: Mertoun
caption_attribution_description: Map of the parish of Mertoun in the south of Berwickshire. As shown by the map, it forms a salient into Roxburghshire and the only parish in its own county it borders is Earlston. The map shows the positions of Dryburgh Abbey, Bemersyde and Mertoun Kirk within the parish, as well as St.Boswells and Maxton in Roxburghshire, on the other side of the River Tweed.
context_page_description: Mertoun is a parish in the south-west of the historic county of Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Together with the parish of Maxton, Roxburghshire it forms the Maxton and Mertoun Community Council area. It was included in the former Ettrick and Lauderdale District of Borders Region, by the Local Government Act 1973, from 1975 to 1996.
  The parish is bounded by the Berwickshire parish of Earlston to the north and by the Roxburghshire parishes of Smailholm and Makerstoun to the east, Maxton and St Boswells on the south and Melrose in the west. Maxton, St. Boswell’s and Melrose lie on the other side of the River Tweed, which forms the southern and western border of the parish.
  The parish includes the hamlets of Dryburgh and Clintmains, the historically important sites of Dryburgh Abbey, Mertoun House, Mertoun Bridge and Bemersyde House. Also the statue of William Wallace at Bemersyde.
  Mertoun Church was erected in 1658 and restored in 1820 and 1898. It stands in a wood near Mertoun House ½ mile south-east of Clintmains. The date 1658 is carved in stone above one of the doors. The original church of 1241, not on the same site, was dedicated to St Ninian.
context_section_description: Mertoun is a parish in the south-west of the historic county of Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Together with the parish of Maxton, Roxburghshire it forms the Maxton and Mertoun Community Council area. It was included in the former  Ettrick and Lauderdale District of Borders Region, by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, from 1975 to 1996.
  The parish is bounded by the Berwickshire parish of Earlston to the north and by the Roxburghshire parishes of Smailholm  and Makerstoun to the east,  Maxton and St Boswells on the south and Melrose in the west. Maxton, St. Boswell’s and Melrose lie on the other side of the River Tweed, which forms the southern and western border of the parish.
  The parish includes the hamlets of Dryburgh and Clintmains, the historically important sites of Dryburgh Abbey, Mertoun House, Mertoun Bridge and Bemersyde House. Also the  statue of William Wallace at Bemersyde.
  Mertoun Church was erected in 1658 and restored in 1820 and 1898. It stands in a wood near Mertoun House ½ mile south-east of Clintmains. The date 1658 is carved in stone above one of the doors. The original church of 1241, not on the same site, was dedicated to St Ninian. For church purposes the parish is united with Maxton and linked with St Boswells and  Newtown St Boswells.
  A Parochial Board was established under the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845. With the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 the Parish Council was established.  Civil parishes in Scotland, as units of local government, were abolished in 1929  but have been used later for census and other purposes.
  The civil parish has an area of 6377 acres  and a population of 309 (in 2011).
caption: Mertoun (1845)
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