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24-627: The village stands on a ridge of land formed by the approach of the Teviot and Jed Water towards their junction. Nearby are Ancrum , Lanton , Monteviot House , Peniel Heugh , the Timpendean Tower and the Waterloo Monument . The grid reference for Bonjedward is 654 223 and the postal code is TD8. Bonjedward, recorded as Bonjedworth in 1342, is formed of the original name of Jedburgh ( Gedwearde c.1050, Gedwirth 1177) and

48-419: A castle of some note. A short distance farther to the west of the likely castle site is Bonjedward House, a Georgian house dating from the 18th century. It was remodelled and extended during the next century and is set in an imposing position in the centre of its own extensive gardens. The house is built of cream sandstone rubble with polished cream ashlar dressings. Bonjedward was, as part of large holdings in

72-400: A new river, to be given its own name, perhaps one already known to the people who live upon its banks. Conversely, explorers approaching a new land from the sea encounter its rivers at their mouths, where they name them on their charts, then, following a river upstream, encounter each tributary as a forking of the stream to the right and to the left, which then appear on their charts as such; or

96-476: A younger son, Andrew. James appears to have died before his father, so in 1540 William Douglas, then son and heir of the late George Douglas of Bonjedward became Laird of Bonjedward. In about 1710, Thomas Rutherfurd of Edgerston acquired the lands of Bonjedward and Mounthooly, together with the estates of Hunthill and Scraesburgh. In 1845, Bonjedward was sold to the Marquess of Lothian , in whose ownership much of

120-466: Is first known as Raven Burn. The river in past times was the main source of water for the monks living in Jedburgh Abbey . It also powered a watermill in the town of Jedburgh although this no longer exists. It gives its name to Jedburgh and Jedforest . In the 1800s it had trout in the river. The Ordnance gazetteer said Jed Water "in the parts immediately above the town of Jedburgh ... more of

144-559: Is liable to flood, so the river levels are monitored near the old Canongate Bridge . The depth is usually between 0.37 metres (1.2 ft) and 2.33 metres (7.6 ft) metres deep but it has been as deep as 3.5 metres (11 ft) which it reached in January 2016. In 2020 there was a problem when the flood defences in Jedburgh were breached by debris in one storm just before another storm hit. Luckily repairs were made and serious flooding

168-409: Is of obscure origin. James has suggested that it may derive from Proto-Indo-European *wei(h 1 )- d- 'a bend, something curved or twisted'. He also notes that Scots Gedde- in Jedburgh may have been adopted from Cumbric gwï:δ 'a wood', and that the river name may be a back-formation . The castle and town of Bonjedworth suffered their full share of the miseries of border warfare. The castle

192-517: The Gaelic word bun 'river-mouth'. 'Jedward', rather than ' Jed ' has been interpreted as the name of the river by the Gaelic speakers who coined Bonjedward. 'Jedward' itself is formed of the ancient river-name 'Jed' and Old English weorð 'an enclosure' (later 'an enclosed homestead'). The element weorð was replaced by Middle English burgh 'town'; Jeddeburgh is recorded in c.1160. The name Jed

216-591: The Jed Water is over 21.75 miles (35.00 km) long and it falls 1,375 feet (0.419 km). It flows into the Teviot near Jedfoot Bridge ( grid reference NT660243 ) two miles north of Jedburgh . Jed Water rises from a source on Carlin Tooth 55°18′55″N 2°34′50″W  /  55.31528°N 2.58056°W  / 55.31528; -2.58056  ( Carlin Tooth ) in the Cheviot Hills where it

240-618: The Jedburgh Forest, and elsewhere, in 1320 granted by Robert Bruce, earl of Carrick to Sir James Douglas , partly as a reward for his support at the battle of Bannockburn, and partly to bind him to the Bruce cause. These estates passed to James, 2nd Earl of Douglas . Douglas married the Princess Isabel, a daughter of King Robert II of Scotland . He left no legitimate male issue. His natural sons William and Archibald became

264-588: The ancestors of the families of Douglas of Drumlanrig (see Marquess of Queensberry ) and Douglas of Cavers. His sister Isabel , inherited the lands and earldom of Mar, and the un entailed estates of Douglas. Isabel arranged for the Bonjedward estate to be passed to their half-sister, Margaret, who became 1st Laird of Bonjedward. Margaret had married a Thomas Johnson, but he and his son, John, changed their names to Douglas. In 1479, George Douglas of Bonjedward, with consent of his heir, James, granted Timpendean to

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288-523: The elements of fine landscape than during a whole day's ride in the most favourite Scottish haunts of tourists." The guide drew attention to the pure waters, the brisk currents, the steep landscapes and the contrasts which it thought picturesque. The name Jed is of obscure origin. James has suggested that it may derive from Proto-Indo-European *wei(h 1 )- d- "a bend, something curved or twisted". He also notes that Scots Gedde- in Jedburgh may have been adopted from Cumbric gwï:δ "a wood", and that

312-514: The estate continues, the estate offices being located in the stables for Jedneuk House in Bonjedward, which were converted to form a suite of offices. 55°30′14″N 2°32′45″W  /  55.5038°N 2.5457°W  / 55.5038; -2.5457 Jed Water The Jed Water is a river and a tributary of the River Teviot in the Borders region of Scotland . In total

336-451: The handedness is from the point of view of an observer facing upstream. For instance, Steer Creek has a left tributary which is called Right Fork Steer Creek. These naming conventions are reflective of the circumstances of a particular river's identification and charting: people living along the banks of a river, with a name known to them, may then float down the river in exploration, and each tributary joining it as they pass by appears as

360-424: The joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary , a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. Distributaries are most often found in river deltas . Right tributary , or right-bank tributary , and left tributary , or left-bank tributary , describe the orientation of the tributary relative to the flow of the main stem river. These terms are defined from

384-469: The opposite bank before approaching the confluence. An early tributary is a tributary that joins the main stem river closer to its source than its mouth, that is, before the river's midpoint ; a late tributary joins the main stem further downstream, closer to its mouth than to its source, that is, after the midpoint. In the United States, where tributaries sometimes have the same name as

408-476: The perspective of looking downstream, that is, facing the direction the water current of the main stem is going. In a navigational context, if one were floating on a raft or other vessel in the main stream, this would be the side the tributary enters from as one floats past; alternately, if one were floating down the tributary, the main stream meets it on the opposite bank of the tributary. This information may be used to avoid turbulent water by moving towards

432-666: The river into which they feed, they are called forks . These are typically designated by compass direction. For example, the American River in California receives flow from its North, Middle, and South forks. The Chicago River 's North Branch has the East, West, and Middle Fork; the South Branch has its South Fork, and used to have a West Fork as well (now filled in). Forks are sometimes designated as right or left. Here,

456-418: The river name may be a back-formation . In 1787 James Hutton created modern geology when he discovered Hutton's Unconformity at Inchbonny, Jedburgh , in layers of sedimentary rock on the banks of the Jed Water. He later wrote of how he "rejoiced at my good fortune in stumbling upon an object so interesting in the natural history of the earth, and which I had been long looking for in vain". Jed Water

480-418: The smaller stream designated the little fork, the larger either retaining its name unmodified, or receives the designation big . Tributaries are sometimes listed starting with those nearest to the source of the river and ending with those nearest to the mouth of the river . The Strahler stream order examines the arrangement of tributaries in a hierarchy of first, second, third and higher orders, with

504-432: The streams are seen to diverge by the cardinal direction (north, south, east, or west) in which they proceed upstream, sometimes a third stream entering between two others is designated the middle fork; or the streams are distinguished by the relative height of one to the other, as one stream descending over a cataract into another becomes the upper fork, and the one it descends into, the lower ; or by relative volume:

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528-547: The surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater , leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of 4,248 km (2,640 mi). The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of 31,200 m /s (1.1 million cu ft/s). A confluence , where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to

552-422: Was avoided. 55°30′41″N 2°32′24″W  /  55.51127°N 2.53992°W  / 55.51127; -2.53992 Tributary A tributary , or an affluent , is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ( main stem or "parent" ), river, or a lake . A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean . Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain

576-419: Was converted at a later period into a gaol. In 1683 Sir John Biddell of that ilk and another were tried at the court of justiciary at Jedburgh for their religious opinions, and sentenced to be confined in the prison of Bonjedworth. The castle is now so completely demolished that not a trace of even its situation can be found. It was, in 1850, an inconsiderable hamlet though once a seat of strength having possessed

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