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What is Abbotsford in regard to Walter Scott?
In 1811, Walter Scott bought Cartley Hole Farm. The farm had the nickname of Clarty Hole, and when Scott built a family cottage there in 1812 he named it Abbotsford.
Is Abbotsford House where Walter Scott grew up?
Why did Walter Scott name Abbotsford House that way?
A Roman road with a ford near Melrose used in olden days by the abbots of Melrose suggested the name of Abbotsford.

Question: Who lived in this family cottage?
Self-contained rewrite: Who lived in the Walter Scott's Abbotsford family cottage?