Hume

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Hume
Berwickshire
File:Humecastle11.jpg
Hume
Location
Grid reference: NT705415
Location: 55°39’58"N, 2°28’14"W
Data
Postcode: TD5
Local Government
Council: Scottish Borders
Parliamentary
constituency:
Berwickshire,
Roxburgh and Selkirk

Hume is a hamlet in Berwickshire, on the B6364 seven miles from Kelso in Roxburghshire. It stands alone, in a skein of lanes with no villages close by. The nearest villages, hamlets are Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, Stichill, Lambden, Nenthorn, Ednam, Birgham and Gordon.

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Hume Castle

The village is best known for Hume Castle, around which the village of Hume has grown.

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