HASSENDEAN, a hamlet (sort of), in the parish of
MiNTO, district of Jedburgh, county of Roxburgh, 7
miles (W.) from Jedburgh; containing 21 inhabitants.
This place is seated on a small stream of the same name.
Hassendean was anciently a parish, the lands of which
are now divided among the parishes of Minto, Wilton,
and Roberton. After the Reformation the church and
its pertinents were granted to Walter, Earl of Buccleuch.
There was formerly a cell here, dependent on the abbey
of Melrose; and a farm adjoining the church site continues
to bear the name of the Monks' croft. The church
and greater part of the churchyard have been washed
away by the river Teviot, which passes on the south of
the parish of Minto, and of which the Hassendean burn
is a tributary. Nor is any thing more than a slight vestige
now left of the ancient tower or stronghold of Hassendean.