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Cessford is a hamlet about a mile south of the B6401 road, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The placename is from Gaelic 'ceis' and means 'the wattled causeway over the ford'; spellings vary between Cesfuird, Cesford, Cessfoord, Cessfuird, and Cessfurde. Places nearby include Crailing, Eckford, Kelso, Morebattle, Nisbet, and Oxnam Cessford Castle is a ruined castle nearby. Cessford Burn is a tributary of the Kale Water. See also- List of places in the Scottish Borders
References- Scott, T (1897) 'Collection of flint arrow-heads, spearheads, knives, scrapers, borers, flakes - about 600 in all - from Craigsfordmains mostly', Hist Berwickshire Natur Club, vol.15,1, pages 166-7.
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- CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Cessford
- The Former Parish of Mow or Molle / Ker family
- George Crabb, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AVdBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT218&lpg=PT218&dq=Cessford+scotland&source=bl&ots=BurFb_b499&sig=-dYK8tfjk42xgKKZy0wLPBNQSLY&hl=en&ei=VIMcTJ2zMYLw0gSx39imDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwATigAQ#v=onepage&q=Cessford%20scotland&f=false Google book: Universal Historical Dictionary, the Kers of Cessford and of Fernihirst]
- Kale Water Community Council{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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