Old Belses

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Old Belses
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55°30′57″N2°41′05″W / 55.515936°N 2.684697°W / 55.515936; -2.684697 Coordinates: 55°30′57″N2°41′05″W / 55.515936°N 2.684697°W / 55.515936; -2.684697

Old Belses is a village by the Ale Water, in the Parish of Ancrum, in the Scottish Borders of Scotland, in the historic county of Roxburghshire.

Other placenames relating to Belses include Belses Mill, Belses Muir and New Belses.

Belses was a station on the Waverley Line.

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