Abbotsford

Abbotsford is a historic country house in the , near , on the south bank of the River Tweed. Now open to the public, it was built as the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825.
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 325 feet (99 metres)
  • Description: country house in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as
    “Abbotsford House”
    “Abbotsford, Scottish Borders”

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Abbotsford

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Latitude
55.6° or 55° 36′ north
Longitude
-2.78333° or 2° 47′ west
Open location code
9C7VH6X8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2657867
Wiki­data ID
Q246076

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Abbotsford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبوتسفورد هاوس”
  • Armenian: “Էբբոտսֆորդ”
  • Armenian: “Էբոտսֆորդ Հաուս”
  • Belarusian: “Эбатсфард”
  • Catalan: “Abbotsford”
  • Chinese: “阿伯茨福德庄园”
  • Czech: “Abbotsford”
  • Dutch: “Abbotsford House”
  • French: “Abbotsford”
  • Georgian: “ებოტსფორდი”
  • German: “Abbotsford House”
  • German: “Abbotsford”
  • Hebrew: “אבוטספורד”
  • Hebrew: “בית אבבוטספורד”
  • Hebrew: “בית אבוטספורד”
  • Indonesian: “Rumah Abbotsford”
  • Irish: “Teach Abbotsford”
  • Italian: “Abbotsford House”
  • Japanese: “アボッツフォード・ハウス”
  • Japanese: “アボッツフォードの邸宅”
  • Japanese: “アボッツフォード邸”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abbotsford”
  • Polish: “Abbotsford House”
  • Polish: “Abbotsford”
  • Portuguese: “Residência Abbotsford”
  • Russian: “Эбботсфорд”
  • Rusyn: “Ебботсфорд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh Àth an Aba”
  • Slovenian: “Abbotsford House”
  • Slovenian: “Abbotsford”
  • Spanish: “Abbotsford House”
  • Swedish: “Abbotsford House”

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