ABBOTSFORD, former residence of Sir Walter Scott, on south bank of the Tweed, about 3m. W. of Melrose, Roxburgh shire, Scotland, and nearly 'me from Abbotsford Ferry Station, L.N.E.R. branch line. Cartleyhole, nicknamed Clarty (muddy) Hole, a farm of 1 ooac., was bought by Scott (1811 ) when his lease of Ashestiel, near by, lapsed; he added to it and finally bought Toftfield (afterwards Huntlyburn) in 1817, building his house in Scottish baronial style with relics from historical structures such as the doorway of the old Tolbooth in Edinburgh. A reverse of fortune in 1825 involved Scott in debt, but the creditors made him a free gift of the library in 1830 and Robert Cadell the pub lisher cancelled all mortgages in 1847 in exchange for the family's share in the copyright of Sir Walter's works. The house has re mained in the hands of descendants of Scott. Abbotsford gave its name to the Abbotsford club, a successor of the Bannatyne and Maitland clubs, founded by W. B. D. D. Turnbull in in Scott's honour, for printing and publishing historical works connected with his writings. Its publications extended from 1835 to 1864.