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of the building. On a memorial brass, unveiled at Easter 

 1909, is the record of its dedication: — "This building, which 

 stands close to the site of the ancient Chapel of Hoselaw, 

 an appanage of the Abbey of Kelso since 1421, was dedicated 

 to the worship of ALMIGHTY GOD, in memory of Thomas 

 Leishman, D.D., in the year of our Lord 1906. Remember 

 them that had the rule over you, which spake unto you the 

 Word of God (Hebrews xiii., 7 R.V.)." It would seem that 

 for more than thirty years Dr Leishman had been in the habit of 

 conducting Divine Service in a thatched cottage at Hoselaw, and 

 on its falling into disuse, and a desire being expressed to com- 

 memorate his faithful ministry, a scheme was set on foot which 

 through the favour of Mr Jas. A. Somervail, present proprietor, 

 and the skilled direction of Mr J. Macgregor Chalmers, architect, 

 resulted in the erection of this modest place of worship. It is 

 constructed of white freestone rubble work, with finished stone 

 in the interior, and consists of a nave to accommodate sixty 

 worshippers, and a semi-circular, frescoed apse. On the North 

 side is a small vestry, from which the preacher rings his own 

 bell. The doors are made of oak grown on Monteviot, and the 

 furniture was all specially gifted. A small round-headed window 

 in the apse, depicting our Lord holding the sacramental cup, has 

 been copied from one at Weobly Castle in Gloucestershire. 

 A large baptismal font, composed of the same stone as the 

 Chapel, and bearing a Celtic enrichment round the bowl, 

 stands in the face of the congregation, opposite the reading- 

 desk. The design of the Chapel is a simple treatment of the 

 round arch style, and is very pleasing. In a paper, entitled 

 " Hoselaw Chapelry," and contributed to the Scottish Ecclesio- 

 logical Society,* Mr Leishman quotes an early reference to 

 Hoselaw as follows :—" At Edinburgh, 26th May, A.D. 1427, 

 the King (James T.) confirmed a charter of Thomas Sumervile, 

 ' lord ' of Carnwath and Linton, whereby for the salvation of 

 his own soul, and the soul of Hugo de Auldstone, ' lord ' of 

 Caudore, Elizabeth his wife, and for the salvation of the souls 

 of their ancestors and successors, he grants to God, the blessed 



* Transactions of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society, Vol. ni., Part i., 

 pp. 90-94. 



