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Salenside is a village off the A7, on the Ale Water

Ale Water

The Ale Water is a tributary of the River Teviot, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It rises at Henwoodie Hill and flows through Alemoor Loch.It meets the Teviot south of the village of Ancrum, and it runs through Ashkirk and Lilliesleaf....

, near Ashkirk

Ashkirk

Ashkirk is a small village on the Ale Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located in the former Selkirkshire, on the A7 road, approximately 6 miles each way between Selkirk to the north and Hawick to the south....

, in the Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...

area of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, in the former Selkirkshire

Selkirkshire

Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Berwickshire to the north-east, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south...

. There was a Salenside Tower house, but nothing remains of it. Salenside Farm and Salenside Cottage exist. The placenames Selkirk and Salenside are related.

Other places nearby include Appletreehall

Appletreehall

Appletreehall is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 2 miles north-east of Hawick, in the former Roxburghshire.Nearby are Wilton Dean, Wilton, Scottish Borders, Branxholme, Broadhaugh, and Roberton, Scottish Borders.-References:...

, Essenside, Hawick

Hawick

Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...

, Lilliesleaf

Lilliesleaf

Lilliesleaf is a small village and civil parish south east of Selkirk in the Roxburghshire area of Scottish Borders of Scotland. To the north of Lilliesleaf is the Ale Water which runs east to west...

, Philiphaugh

Philiphaugh

Philiphaugh is a village by the Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders.Places nearby include Bowhill, Broadmeadows, the Ettrick Water, Ettrickbridge, Lindean, Salenside, Yarrowford and the Yair Forest....

, and Woll

Woll

Woll is a village on the Ale Water, off the A7, in the Ettrick Forest, north of Hawick, and south of Selkirk, Scottish Borders, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland....

Reference

Morris and Morris, R and F (1982) 'Scottish healing wells: healing, holy, wishing and fairy wells of the mainland of Scotland, Sandy, page 175, held at RCAHMS G.2.4.MOR

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