NENTHORN, a parish, in the county of Berwick, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from Kelso; containing 446 inhabitants. This place, the name of which, anciently Naithansthirn, is of uncertain signification, appears to have belonged at a remote period to the De Morvilles, constables of Scotland, and subsequently to the bishops of St. Andrew's, who transferred the lands to the abbot of Kelso, in exchange for the church of Cranston, in the county of Mid Lothian. It seems to have suffered materially during the period of the border warfare. In 1542 the village was burned down by the English forces. The parish is about four miles and a half in length, and measures two miles in extreme breadth, but diminishes so much towards the centre on each side as to include an area of little more than five square miles. It is bounded on the west by the river Eden, and comprises 3400 acres, of which 2800 are arable, 300 permanent pasture and meadow, and about 300 woodland and plantations. The surface is varied by successive undulations of pleasing form and gentle height, and near the northern extremity by a moderate ridge of hilly rock. The river flows between high banks, in some places sloping gradually to its margin on the one side, and rising abruptly on the other in precipitous rocks to the height of nearly 100 feet. In the north of the parish the soil is chiefly a reddish clay retentive of moisture, alternated with tracts of light and dry land; and in the southern portion, of richer quality, consisting mainly of clayey and gravelly loam. The crops are barley, oat.s, wheat, peas, beans, potatoes, and turnips. The system of agriculture is in an advanced state; the lands have been well drained, and inclosed partly with stone dykes and partly with hedges and ditches. Bone-dust, and lately guano, have been applied with success as manure in the cultivation of turnips. The farm houses and offices, with some exceptions, are substantial and well arranged; and the recent improvements in implements of husbandry have been carried into practice. Considerable attention is paid to the rearing of live-stock, for which the pastures are extremely well adapted: the cattle are chiefly of the short-horned breed, and the sheep, which are much more numerous, mostly of the Leicester. The rocks present some beautiful specimens of columnar basalt. The annual value of real property in the parish is £4326. Kevvton-Don, the property of Sir William Don, Bart., is a spacious mansion, delightfully situated in an ample and richly embellished demesne: the Eden, precipitated from a rocky ledge, forms a picturesque cascade in the vicinity; and the house commands an extensive prospect over the river Tweed. Here are preserved some memorials of the ancient and noble family of Glencairn, of which the proprietor is the representative. Nenthorn, a mansion formerly the residence of a branch of the Roxburghe family, is situate close by the stream of the Eden, with rich and extensive grass inclosures in the front, interspersed with trees. The villages once existing here have altogether disappeared, and nothing deserving the name now remains; the only approximation is a hamlet of two or three cottages on part of the Nenthorn property. The nearest market-town is Kelso, with which intercourse is maintained by a good road; a private carrier brings letters daily from the post-office of Kelso. Communication with Berwick, Dalkeith, and other places, is also afforded by good roads. Ecclesiastically the parish is in the presbytery of Kelso, synod of Merse and Teviotdale, and in the patronage of the Crown: the minister's stipend is the minimum of £150, with a manse, and a glebe valued at £20 per annum. The ancient church, which was situated in a sequestered spot embosomed in trees, on the bank of the river, having become completely dilapidated, a new church was erected, in 1802, at a point where two roads meet. It has been since considerably enlarged, but possesses no claim to architectural notice: including the family galleries of Sir William Don and Mr. Roy, it is adapted for a congregation of l.'OO persons. The members of the Free Church have a place of worship. Nenthorn parochial school affords a useful course of instruction, and is well attended; the master has a salary of £2.5 per annum, with about £18 fees, and a house and garden. There are no remains of the ancient chapel of Little Newton, which, together with the church and lands of Nenthorn, was given to the bishops of St. Andrew's, and by them transferred to the abbots of Kelso, to the monks of which place, also, was given a small portion of land near, to pray for the souls of the Earls of Douglas. The site is still used as a burial-place for the family of Don, of Newton-Don.