YARROWFORD, a village, partly in the parish of
Selkirk, and partly in the parish of Yarrow, county of
Selkirk, 5 miles (W. by N.) from the town of Selkirk;
containing 46 inhabitants. This village, situated on the
borders of the two parishes, derives its name from a
ford over the Yarrow, on the north bank of which river
it is built. Though a small place, it is beautifully
seated; and in its vicinity are, Newark Castle, once the
residence of Anne, Duchess of Buccleuch; Haining, the
former abode of the family of Pringle; and Fowlshiels,
the birthplace of the celebrated and unfortunate traveller,
Mungo Park. The river, whose pastoral beauties
have been so sweetly depicted in Scottish song, is in
this quarter finely and thickly wooded; many of the
plantations on its banks are of recent formation. The
stream of the Ettrick unites with it about two miles
from Selkirk.