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Westruther is a village on the B6465, in the 
RCAHMS record for Westruther
Villages in the Scottish Borders Parishes in Berwickshire {{Borders-geo-stub
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, on the lower slopes of the Lammermuir Hills
The Lammermuirs are a range of hills in southern Scotland, forming a natural boundary between East Lothian and the Borders. The name "Lammermuir" comes from the Old English ''lambra mōr'', meaning "moorland of the lambs".
Geology
The Lammer ...
, in the former Berwickshire. The largest town nearby is Gordon.
Places nearby include Duns, Greenlaw, the Lammermuir Hills
The Lammermuirs are a range of hills in southern Scotland, forming a natural boundary between East Lothian and the Borders. The name "Lammermuir" comes from the Old English ''lambra mōr'', meaning "moorland of the lambs".
Geology
The Lammer ...
, Longformacus and the Watch Water Reservoir.
The ruined kirk dates from 1649 and contains the tombs of the Spottiswoode family. A prominent member of the family was Alicia Ann Spottiswoode a.k.a. Lady John Scott of " Annie Laurie" fame. There is a stained glass window in her honour in the "new" kirk dating from 1834.
Very Rev William Wilson (1808-1888) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1866 was born and raised in the village.
Westruther was the name of the Spottiswoode family home, taken down between the First and Second World War.
See also
* List of places in the Scottish BordersReferences
External links
RCAHMS record for Westruther
Villages in the Scottish Borders Parishes in Berwickshire {{Borders-geo-stub