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Manor, Scottish Borders

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Population
  
149

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
Peebles

Dialling code
  
01721

OS grid reference
  
NT220379

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
EH45

Council area
  
Scottish Borders

Manor, Scottish Borders

Scottish parliament
  
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

UK parliament constituency
  
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Lieutenancy areas
  
Scottish Borders, Tweeddale

Manor is a parish in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders, whose church lies on the west bank of Manor Water 3 miles south-west of Peebles.

The parish consists of the valley of Manor Water, a tributary of the River Tweed and extends about 9 miles north to south and about 3 miles wide. It is bound on the north-east by Peebles, on the south by Yarrow (Selkirkshire), on the south-west by Drumelzier and on the west and north-west by Stobo.

The name was originally Manner but this has been gradually supplanted by the form Manor.

The present church building, which lies at the north end of the valley, was erected in 1874, but the bell rung before every service, is inscribed 'In honore Santi Gordiani MCCCCLXXVIII' and is one of the oldest bells in Scotland. There is also a Pewter baptismal basin inscribed 'Manner Kirk 1703'.

The civil parish of Manor is in the Manor, Stobo and Lyne Community Council area.

The civil parish has a population of 149 (in 2011) and its area is 16,628 acres.

References

Manor, Scottish Borders Wikipedia