Hadden, Roxburghshire

Hadden, Roxburghshire, is a small town in Scotland near Kelso, Scottish Borders, and is now part of the Scottish Borders District. "Hadden is an inhabited place in the parish of Sprouston."[1]

History

The name "Hadden" has several variants.[2] A common variant is that the name is a corruption of "Half-Dane", referring to the children born nine months after viking raids.[3]

"Hadden, an ancient village, now reduced to a single farmhouse, in Sprouston parish, NE Roxburghshire, 7 furlongs E of the English Border, 5 furlongs SSW of Carham station, and 5 miles ENE of Kelso. In olden days it was a frequent meeting-place of Scottish and English commissioners, to adjust boundaries and to settle disputes. Hadden Rig, a ridge of elevated land that runs through the middle of the parish, and culminates at an altitude of 541 feet, was the scene in 1540 of the defeat of 3000 mounted English troops by a Scotch force." Ordnance Survey, sh. 26, 1864.[4]

Nearby is Haddon Rig, where the Battle of Haddon Rig, also known as the "Battle of Hadden-Rig", was fought.

Also nearby named places are "Hadden Woods" and "Hadden Farm". This farm is by a minor road between Kerchesters and Nottylees.[5] "Hadden Farm" is listed in the Acts of Alexander III of Scotland, in 1278, where he gave to Eymer de Hadden 22 marks (merkes) for land in Roxburghshire. This was later presented to Parliament in 1305 where Hadden showed that the king had paid him the funds annually.[6]

References
  1. Scotland's Places
  2. Alexander JOHNSTON, William JOHNSTON, and James YOUNG. 1894. A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of James Young, Merchant Burgess of Aberdeen and Rachel Cruickshank His Wife. 1697-1893. With Notes As to Many of the Families with Which They Are Connected. University Press: Aberdeen, 1894. Page 154.
  3. William J. Hadden Private conversations on family history, 1980s.
  4. Groome, Francis Hindes. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. 1882. Volume 3, page 231.
  5. "Hadden Farm".
  6. Neville, Cynthia J. Acts of Alexander III, King of Scots, 1249-1286. Page 219._Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2013_

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