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Bairnkine
Bairnkine is a hamlet on the Jed Water in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A68, south of Jedburgh. Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bedrule, Camptown, Chesters, Langlee, Mervinslaw and Oxnam. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. * List of burghs in Scotland * List of census localities in Scotland *List of islands of Scotland ** List of Shetland islands ** List of Orkney islands ** L ... External links RCAHMS record for Bairnkine [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camptown, Scottish Borders
Camptown is a small settlement on the A68, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 5m (8 km) south of Jedburgh, and the same distance south to Carter Bar. The village lies on the course of the Jed Water, and the remains of a peel tower are close by at Edgerston. The village has a church and village hall at nearby Edgerston, a bus service to Jedburgh and Newcastle, a memorial cairn, and a telephone box. Schooling takes place in Jedburgh. Other places nearby are Bairnkine, Bonchester Bridge, Crailing, Ferniehirst Castle, Hobkirk, the Jed Water, Mossburnford, and Oxnam. Trivia Scottish settlers named the town in Pennsylvania after the Borders settlement, which in turn was the inspiration for the minstrel song Camptown Races by Stephen Foster. The village roadsign has appeared on postcards for comedic effect. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In The Scottish Borders
''Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic houses, hillforts, lighthouses, nature reserves, reservoirs, rivers, and other places of interest in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland. A * Abbey Mill * Abbey St. Bathans *Abbotsford Ferry railway station, Abbotsford House *Abbotrule *Addinston * Aikwood Tower *Ale Water *Alemoor Loch *Allanbank * Allanshaugh * Allanshaws * Allanton *Ancrum, Ancrum Old Parish Church *Anglo-Scottish Border * Appletreehall *Ashiestiel *Ashkirk * Auchencrow * Ayton, Ayton Castle, Ayton Parish Church, Ayton railway station B *Baddinsgill, Baddinsgill Reservoir *Bairnkine * Bassendean * Battle of Ancrum Moor * Battle of Humbleton Hill * Battle of Nesbit Moor (1355) *Battle of Nesbit Moor (1402) *Battle of Philiphaugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxnam
Oxnam ( sco, Owsenam) is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential village. The placename Oxnam is from Old English ''oxa'' (genitive ''oxan'') "oxen" and ''ham'' "village", the meaning being "village where ox are bred". The name was recorded as ''Oxenamm'' in 1148, and sometimes known as Oxenham. Current local placenames include Oxnam Green, Oxnam Kirk, Oxnam Mains, Oxnam Neuk, Oxnam Pond, Oxnam Row, Oxnam Sawmill, and Oxnam School. Dere Street passes through the village.Margary, I D (1957), 'Roman roads in Britain: north of the Foss Way - Bristol channel (including Wales and Scotland)', London. Other places nearby include Bairnkine, Camptown, Crailing, Crailinghall, Hownam, Kelso, Newbigging. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List of burghs in Scotland *List of census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jedburgh
Jedburgh (; gd, Deadard; sco, Jeddart or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the historic county of Roxburghshire, the name of which was randomly chosen for Operation Jedburgh in support of the D-Day invasion. Location Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot. It is from the border with England, and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey. Other notable buildings in the town include Queen Mary's House, Jedburgh Castle Jail, now a museum, and the Jedburgh Library. Other places nearby are Ancrum, Bairnkine, Bonjedward, Camptown, Crailing, Edgerston, Ferniehirst Castle, Nisbet and Oxnam. History Jedburgh began as ''Jedworð'', the "worth" or enclosed settlement on the Jed. Later the more familiar word "burgh" was substituted for this, though the original name survives as Jeddart/Jethart. Bishop Ecgred of Lindisfarne founded a church at Jedburgh in the 9th century, and King D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and, to the south-west, south and east, the English counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. The administrative centre of the area is Newtown St Boswells. The term Scottish Borders, or normally just "the Borders", is also used to designate the areas of southern Scotland and northern England that bound the Anglo-Scottish border. Geography The Scottish Borders are in the eastern part of the Southern Uplands. The region is hilly and largely rural, with the River Tweed flowing west to east through it. The highest hill in the region is Broad Law in the Manor Hills. In the east of the region, the area that borders the River Tweed is flat and is known as 'The Merse'. The Tweed and its tributaries drain the entire region with the river flowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbotrule
Abbotrule is a hamlet (place), hamlet south of the B6357 road, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland on the Rule Water. Places nearby include Bedrule, Hallrule, Spittal-on-Rule, Ruletownhead, Bonchester Bridge, Denholm, Southdean, Hobkirk, Ferniehirst Castle and the Wauchope Forest. Abbotrule was once part of the Abbotrule Estate. Its church belonged to Jedburgh Abbey from the 13th century until the Reformation. It was a parish in its own right until 1777 when it was divided between Hobkirk and Southdean parishes. The church was said to be in ruins in the 1880s. See also *Borders Abbeys Way *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland References External links RCAHMS record on Abbotrule Church and burial ground [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedrule
Bedrule ( gd, Ruail Bheathaig) is a hamlet and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The hamlet lies on the east side of the Rule Water, which gave the village its name, about 4 miles west of Jedburgh. It lies south of the A698 between Hawick and Jedburgh. Other local place-names based on the river include Hallrule, Abbotrule, Ruletownhead and Spittal-on-Rule. Larger settlements include Bonchester Bridge and Denholm, as well as Hawick and Jedburgh. The Rule Water forms the western boundary of the parish, separating it from Hobkirk and Cavers. The north-west boundary is on or near the Teviot, beyond which lies Ancrum. The parish is bounded on the east and south by Jedburgh parish.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by, Francis Groome, 2nd Edition 1896,. Article on Bedrule Bedrule lies on the path of the Borders Abbeys Way, a long-distance trail. The civil parish has a population of 185 (in 2011).Census of Scotland 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh And Selkirk (UK Parliament Constituency)
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland within the Scottish Borders council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting. The constituency name comes from the three counties it covers; Berwickshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. A mostly rural constituency, it includes the towns of Coldstream, Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Melrose and Selkirk. Boundaries As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. The Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency covers part of the Scottish Borders council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, which also covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency is pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A68 Road
The A68 is a major road in the United Kingdom, running from Darlington in England to the A720 in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It crosses the Anglo-Scottish border at Carter Bar and is the only road to do so for some distance either way; the next major crossings are the A697 from Coldstream to Cornhill-on-Tweed in the east, and the A7 near Canonbie to the west. Route The southernmost section of the A68, as it leaves Darlington, has been described as a "rustbelt". In January 2022 there was a proposal to widen key roundabouts in Darlington to ease traffic flow. The road crosses the A1(M) at Copshaw Hill Interchange. It bypasses Bishop Auckland and runs through West Auckland, Toft Hill and Tow Law, where Durham County Council has installed a live camera so that drivers can check traffic and weather. It then passes Consett and Corbridge; it used to pass through the centre of the town but since 1979 has run on a bypass to the east, crossing the River Tyne over Styf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
