One of the quietest of men

Ordnance Survey Book entry, 1859, for Castleton burial ground, Scottish Borders. Index card for St Martin’s Church [site of]: Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser, 2 March 1887: The Late Mr Hardie … Continue reading One of the quietest of men

A shepherd lost in the snow

In Hownam churchyard, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, is this poignant tombstone: 23 December 1874, Edinburgh Evening News: 26 December 1874, Teviotdale Record and Jedburgh Advertiser: Blindburn steading: 13 January 1875, The … Continue reading A shepherd lost in the snow