Abbotsford, Scottish Borders

Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Galashiels, 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.[1] It is a Category A Listed Building[2] and the estate is listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[3]

Wikipedia

August 8 and 9 Saturday (1873) – Sam and Livy visited Abbotsford and Melrose with Alexander Russel (1814-1876) a friend of Dr. John Brown’s, and an editor for the Edinburgh Scotsman, a paper with a circulation of 40,000. [MTL 5: 430n6-7]. [see DBD Entry for this date]