Kilbucho ( gd, Cille Bheagha) is a small settlement in the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho is a parish in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders, 11 miles south-west of Peebles, lying in the upper part of the valley of the River Tweed in the Southern Uplands. It is a union of three former parishes of be ...

in the

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 Lothi ...

area of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Peeblesshire Peeblesshire ( gd, Siorrachd nam Pùballan), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale is a historic county of Scotland. Its county town is Peebles, and it borders Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lan ...

and near Biggar and Broughton. Broughton,_Glenholm_and_Kilbucho_map

The name derives from the church which was dedicated to

St Bega Saint Bega was reputedly a saint of the Early Middle Ages; an Irish princess who became an anchoress and valued her virginity. Promised in marriage to a Viking prince who, according to a medieval manuscript ''The Life of St Bega'', was "son of th ...

an Irish abbess. Several monasteries were dedicated to St Bega, many in

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including

St Bees St Bees is a coastal village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Copeland district of Cumbria, England, on the Irish Sea. Within the parish is St Bees Head which is the only Heritage Coast between Wales and Scotland and a Site of Special ...

but also in Scotland at Kilbagie in Clackmannanshire and Kilbegie in Argyllshire. Near the church is St Bees wellAndrew Baird ''Annals of Tweedale Parish'' John Smith & Son Glasgow 1924 The former parish of Kilbucho, now united in Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho, has an area of 6,710 acres.Description of Tweeddale, by Alexander Pennecuik, publ A. Allardice, Leith, 1815; p.43 It forms a valley between Cardon Hill on the south and Hartree Hills on the north, however the land is mainly level with a very slight inclination towards Biggar Water.History of Peeblesshire, by William Chambers, publ. William And Robert Chambers, Edinburgh and London, Ι864; p.443 Kilbucho is "fenced" in by hills on three sides, including some of the highest in southern Scotland east of

Galloway Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or i ...

. Coulter Fell is near here. The manors of Kilbucho and Thriepland are mentioned in writs of 13th century. The area is strongly connected with

John Buchan John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...

, the author of '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' and former governor general of

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. It is thought that the inspiration for his 1927 novel ''

Witch Wood ''Witch Wood'' is a 1927 novel by the Scottish author John Buchan that critics have called his masterpiece. The book is set in the Scottish Borders during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and combines the author's interests in landscape, 17th ...

'' comes from this particular area.

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RCAHMS: KilbuchoCANMORE/RCAHMS: Kilbucho Old ManseRCAHMS record for the Parish of Broughton, Glenholm and KilbuchoRCAHMS: Bridge over the Kilbucho BurnRCAHMS: Kilbucho, parish in Peeblesshire until 1794Vision of Britain: Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho, Peebles
Villages in the Scottish Borders Peeblesshire Parishes in Peeblesshire {{Borders-geo-stub

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