17 June 1923 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

The most summerlike day we have had. Bright sunshine up till 5 or 6 : very slight N.E. wind. Clouded over in evening + glass falling. Made 14 town calls + cycled via Carterhaugh¹ [?] to Ettrickbridgend² + Hyndhope.³ Lovely about Ettrickbridgend. Came back by Brockhill⁴ to see Mrs Benzie⁵ who has let the Manse.⁶ Supped at Elmpark.⁷

¹ This appears to read Carterhaugh, Selkirk, grid reference NGR NT437,268.

² Ettrickbridge-end, Kirkhope, area of NT388,242.

³ Hyndhope, Kirkhope, NT367,211.

⁴ Brockhill, Kirkhope, NT396,248.

⁵ Mrs Benzie(s) cannot be identified (it appears to read Bewzie but that is not an option as nobody of that name lived in Scotland in 1921).

⁶ Assume Kirkhope Manse which is near Brockhill and of which the proprietor was the Reverend George E Mackenzie (about 1865-), M.A., B.D., Church of Scotland minister who was liferenter, though he had been at Kirkhope 20 years before, and had moved to Coats, Old Monkland Parish, Lanarkshire in 1906.

⁷ Elm Park, Selkirk, home of Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946).

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]