Kelso, Woodmarket, General
General View
Site Name Kelso, Woodmarket, General
Classification General View
Alternative Name(s) Wood Market
Canmore ID 96121
Site Number NT73SW 226
NGR NT 7283 3398
NGR Description NT 7278 3394 to NT 7291 3401
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96121
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Kelso
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Woodmarket is one of the oldest streets in Kelso, appearing on the earliest maps of the town. Its buildings are mostly tenements, built in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and often feature ground-floor shops. As with several other streets and lanes in the town, its name reflects its origins. However, by the nineteenth century Woodmarket was home to the town's impressive Corn Exchange building and several seed traders had their premises here.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project