Now they have pledged a "significant legacy" to the Abbotsford Trust to ensure she will "never be forgotten".

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Abbotsford House, near Melrose, is currently undergoing a multi-million pound upgrade to turn it into a "world-class visitor attraction".

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Nathan Hall, a Canadian citizen, was arrested by the Abbotsford Police Department in British Columbia early on Wednesday morning.

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He set up the Borders Party in the wake of a campaign which successfully halted housing plans near Abbotsford House.

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He was caught while attempting to cross into the United States at the Lynden, Washington, U.S.-Canada border, south of Abbotsford, British Columbia.

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If all this talk of Abbotsford, Maple Ridge and the wider Fraser Valley has you salivating to meet the people behind the food on your Vancouver table, you are in luck.

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Lord Steel, who still lives in the area, also hopes the rail line will improve tourism and thinks Tweedbank station should be renamed Abbotsford to mark its proximity to the former home of Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott.

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