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Liddesdale (district)
Liddesdale is a district in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland. It includes the area of the valley of the Liddel Water that extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, a distance of . History Liddesdale is sometimes considered to form the northern end of the Maiden Way Roman road A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. Th .... At one time the points of vantage on the river and its affluents were occupied by freebooters' peel towers, but many of them have disappeared and the remainder are in decay. Larriston Tower belonged to the Clan Elliot, Elliots, Mangerton Tower, Mangerton, now little more than a site, to the Clan Armstrong, Armstrongs and Park to "Little Jock Elliot", the outlaw who nearly killed James Hepburn, 4th E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh And Selkirk (UK Parliament Constituency)
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland within the Scottish Borders council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting. Since 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 the MP has been John Lamont of the Scottish Conservatives, Conservative Party. The constituency name comes from the three historic counties it covers: Berwickshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. A mostly rural constituency, it includes the towns of Coldstream, Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso, Melrose, Scotland, Melrose and Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk. Boundaries As created by the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies for the 2005 United Kingdom general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gilnockie Tower
Gilnockie Tower is a 17th-century tower house, located at the hamlet of Hollows, 2.2 km north of Canonbie, in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. The tower is situated on the west bank of the River Esk. It was originally known as Hollows Tower. Gilnockie Castle is a separate, but nearby site. History The name Gilnockie is from the Scottish Gaelic ''Geal Cnocan'' meaning 'Little White Hill'. Hollows was built around 1520 by Johnnie Armstrong, famous Border outlaw and younger brother of Thomas Armstrong of Mangerton. In 1528, the tower was burned by Sir Christopher Dacre, English Warden of the Western Marches, and in 1530 Johnnie and 50 followers were hanged by James V, after being tricked into joining a hunting party, an event recorded in the ballad " Johnnie Armstrong". The tower was rebuilt, but was damaged again by English raids in the 1540s, only to be rebuilt again with a new parapet walk, and a beacon stance on the gable. Restoration In 1978, the tower was a ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tweeddale
Tweeddale (Scottish Gaelic: ''Srath Thuaidh/Tuaidhdail'') is a committee area and lieutenancy area in the Scottish Borders council area in south-eastern Scotland. It had also been a province in the Middle Ages. From 1975 to 1996 it was a local government district. Its boundaries correspond to the historic county of Peeblesshire. Geography The area had an estimated population of 20,848 in 2015. It is one of the five committee areas in the Scottish Borders. Major settlements in the area include Peebles, Innerleithen and West Linton. It is the traditional name for the dale (the area drained) by the upper reaches of the River Tweed. This area was considered to end before the Yarrow Water flowed into the Tweed, so the area was bounded to the south and east by the Yarrow/Tweed watershed, and to the north and east by the Gala Water/Tweed watershed. 12,770 ha of upper Tweeddale between Broughton and Peebles is designated as the Upper Tweeddale National Scenic Area, one of 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Annandale, Dumfries And Galloway
Annandale is a district of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, centred on the dale or valley of the River Annan. It runs north–south through the Southern Uplands from Annanhead (north of Moffat) to Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Annan on the Solway Firth. It is bordered by Nithsdale to the west and Eskdale, Scotland, Eskdale to the east. The Annandale Way runs the length of the valley, a distance of some . History Annandale is famous for its connection with Robert I of Scotland, Robert the Bruce, as the de Brus family was given this land by David I of Scotland, David I in 1124 as one of the border lordships when David became David, Prince of the Cumbrians, Prince of the Cumbrians. Along with Carrick, Scotland, Carrick, these lands acted as a buffer between the quasi-independent Lordship or Kingdom of Galloway and David's lands of Strathclyde and Cumbria. See also *Annandale distillery *Annadale, Shimla *Lord of Annandale, The Lordship of Annandale References External linksHistoric map ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Teviotdale
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh () is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the northwest, and Berwickshire to the north. To the southwest it borders Cumberland and to the southeast Northumberland, both in England. It was named after the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh, a town which declined markedly in the 15th century and is no longer in existence. Latterly, the county town of Roxburghshire was Jedburgh. The county has much the same area as Teviotdale, the basin drained by the River Teviot and tributaries, together with the adjacent stretch of the Tweed into which it flows. The term is often treated as synonymous with Roxburghshire, but may omit Liddesdale as Liddel Water drains to the west coast.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by, Francis Groome, publ. 2nd edition 1896. Article on Roxburghshire History The county appears to have originated in the 12th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Steel Bonnets
''The Steel Bonnets'' (London: Barrie & Jenkins) is a 1971 historical non-fiction book by George MacDonald Fraser about the Border Reivers. Fraser researched the book with his wife.George MacDonald Fraser, ''The Light's On at Signpost'', HarperCollins 2002 p304-307 It concentrates mainly on the 16th century, and seeks to de-glamourise the period in some ways. The ''Daily Telegraph'' called it "a vigorous and valuable book." References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott Of Buccleuch
Walter Scott, 5th of Buccleuch, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1565 – 15 December 1611) was a Scottish nobleman and famous border reiver, known as the "Bold Buccleuch" and leader of Kinmont Willie's Raid. Early life Scott was the son of Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch (himself grandson of Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch) and Margaret Douglas. Career He was knighted by James VI of Scotland on 17 May 1590 at the coronation of Anne of Denmark. He was later appointed Keeper of Liddesdale and Warden of the West March on the English border. Buccleuch was implicated in the troubles of his step-father, the rebellious Earl of Bothwell. He went abroad in September 1591, first travelling to Italy with the poet William Fowler. In November 1592 Buccleuch was allowed to return to Scotland from Flanders by the intercession of Anne of Denmark, at the request of the old Lady Ferniehirst. In 1594, Buccleuch was re-appointed Keeper of Liddesdale. In August 1594 he performed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ferniehirst Castle
Ferniehirst Castle (sometimes spelled Ferniehurst) is an L-plan castle, L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water, about a mile and a half south of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and in the former county of Roxburghshire. It is an ancient seat of the Clan Kerr, and after a period of institutional use it was restored for residential use by Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, in the late 20th century. History Sixteenth-century conflict The original castle was built by the Clan Kerr, Ker (or Kerr) family around 1470. In September 1523, an English force came to burn Jedburgh, and Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, Lord Dacre was sent with 700 men and artillery to take the castle, which "stood marvellous strongly with a great wood". Men from Kendal taking the guns through the wood encountered strong resistance, but eventually the castle was taken. Ferniehirst was occupied by English forces in 1547, during the war of the Rough Wooing. The English we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cessford Castle
Cessford Castle, is a large ruined mid-15th century L-plan castle near the village of Cessford, Scottish Borders, Cessford, midway Jedburgh and Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso, in the historic county of Roxburghshire, now a division of the Scottish Borders. The Castle is ''caput'' of the Barony of Cessford, and the principal stronghold of the Clan Kerr, Kerr family, notorious Border Reivers, many of whom served as Scottish Marches, Wardens of the Middle March. History Cessford was built around 1450 by Andrew Ker, an ancestor of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and of the Duke of Roxburghe, Dukes of Roxburghe. It is from this place that the Duke takes his subsidiary titles: Baron Ker of Cessford, and Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford. It is possible that the castle incorporates parts of an earlier structure. The fortalice was built on an L-plan, with a main keep with a wing of almost the same magnitude. With up to six storeys, two of which were barrel vaulted, and with walls up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home
Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home (died 1575) was a Scottish nobleman and Warden of the Eastern March. Early life Alexander Home was the son of George Home, 4th Lord Home and Mariotta Haliburton. He became Lord Home on the death of his father who was injured in a skirmish with the English two days before the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh. Marriages In 1537 Alexander was contracted to marry a natural daughter of James V of Scotland and Elizabeth Beaton. However, he first married Margaret Ker of Cessford, a daughter of Sir Walter Ker of Cessford. Their daughter Margaret married George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal. He subsequently married Agnes Gray, daughter of Patrick, Lord Gray, and widow of Sir Robet Logan of Restalrig. Their son was Alexander Home, 6th Lord Home. Rough Wooing Alexander was captured by the English while riding on Falside Bray on 9 September 1547 the day before the battle of Pinkie. Both William Patten and Jean de Beaugué related how his mother Mariotta Haliburton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Forster (soldier)
Sir John Forster (c.1520–1602) was an English military commander and Lord Warden of the Marches, Warden of the Middle Marches. Life Born about 1520, he was son of Sir Thomas Forster (d. 1527) of Etherston, Northumberland, marshal of Berwick, and his wife Dorothy, daughter of Ralph Ogle, 3rd Baron Ogle and Margaret Gascoigne. Trained from early youth in border warfare, he was in August 1542 put in command of Harbottle Castle with a garrison of a hundred men. He fought at the Battle of Solway Moss, 23 November 1542, under Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, and claimed to have captured Robert Maxwell, 5th Baron Maxwell; Cuthbert Tunstall and Suffolk, however, determined that Maxwell's real captor was Edward Aglionby. He fought also at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, 1547. Knighted by Protector Somerset in 1547, he was sheriff of Northumberland, 1549–50. On 4 August 1563 he was appointed a commissioner to treat concerning the delimitation of the borders, and on 10 January 1565 to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kelso, Scottish Borders
Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Within the boundaries of the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Roxburghshire, it lies where the rivers River Tweed, Tweed and River Teviot, Teviot have their confluence. The town has a population of 5,639 according to the 2011 census and based on the 2010 definition of the locality. Kelso's main tourist attractions are the ruined Kelso Abbey and Floors Castle. The latter is a house designed by William Adam (architect), William Adam which was completed in 1726. The Kelso Bridge was designed by John Rennie the Elder, John Rennie, who later built London Bridge. Kelso held the UK record for the lowest January temperature at , from 1881 until 1982. History The town of Kelso came into being as a direct result of the creation of Kelso Abbey in 1128. The town's name stems from the earliest settlement having stood on a chalky outcrop, and the town was known as Calkou (or perhaps Calchfynydd) in those early days, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
