HORNDEAN, a village, in the parish of Ladykirk,
county of Berwick, 7 miles (W. S. W.) from Berwick;
containing 124 inhabitants. This place consists chiefly
of the Kirktown of the ancient parish of Horndean,
which was annexed at the Reformation to the parish of
Ladykirk. It is pleasantly situated on a gentle acclivity
rising from the banks of the river Tweed, and is inhabited
by persons employed in the various handicraft
trades carried on for the supply of the neighbourhood;
in the salmon-fishery; and in agriculture.