Friends called her Art
Towards the end of last year I ventured to SEEFEW. I did so in remembrance of Elizabeth Hall, who died there a month short of her 16th birthday: To watch a … Continue reading Friends called her Art
Tag: Scottish Borders
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
Plough Hotel
To learn about an old family of the Plough Hotel, Yetholm, Scottish Borders, please click on the photograph below:
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
The Capon Tree
Last month we visited the Capon Tree, near Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. To learn more about the survivors of the ancient Jed Forest please click here.
He joined his companion at ‘The Joy’
‘The Joy’, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders as described in the 1859 Ordnance Survey book: 13 October, 1871, Kelso Chronicle: 8 October 1875, Kelso Chronicle: 23 October 1951, Berwickshire News and General … Continue reading He joined his companion at ‘The Joy’
He requests of posterity
Staplegordon Burial ground, is near Langholm in the Scottish Borders. One of the tombstones in this burial ground has this interesting inscription: 1859 Ordnance Survey map: The 1859 Ordnance Survey … Continue reading He requests of posterity
Lilliesleaf Hand Ba’
TROVE archive: “The Lilliesleaf Hand Ba’ was played by children only. The men are on hand to teach the children how to play and make sure no-one does anything that … Continue reading Lilliesleaf Hand Ba’