LEMPITLAW, a village, in the parish of Sprouston, district of Kelso, county of Roxburgh, 2i miles (.S. E.) from Sprouston; containing 119 inhal)itants. This place was the head of the barony of Lempitlaw, which was formerly a distinct parish: at what particular time the parish was annexed to Sprouston is not exactly known. The village stands on the road from Kelso to Coldstream, a short distance from the Tweed, which flows westward of it; and consists chiefly of a few small farm-houses in detached situations, and about twenty-five neatly-built cottages, inhabited by persons principally employed in husbandry.