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With reference to Dr Dennis Connolly’s photograph (Picture Gallery, 15 November), Sir Walter Scott’s home was Abbotsford, never Abbotsford House.

I presume the renaming has come about as result of the National Trust for Scotland’s marketing of the property as a tourist attraction. As a Borderer, I deplore this renaming for whatever reasons. 

David Elder, Haddington

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