What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sheriff Shortreed. 1762-1829 Born in Jedburgh, Robert Shortreed lived in this house and was a close friend of Walter Scott. Together they ranged over the wilds of Liddesdale collecting ballads, stories and legends of the oral tradition of the Borders, which otherwise would have been lost. These were published as the renowned "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" in 1802. Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Burgh of Jedburgh.
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- James Denham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Darrin Antrobus, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jim Barton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mark Anderson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- M J Richardson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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