Wings ower Outerston
This gravestone in Temple churchyard commemorates John Craig, a local tenant farmer at ‘Outorstoun’ and two of his children. It is recorded on the stone that John Craig died in … Continue reading Wings ower Outerston
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Last Monday
The following poem is addressed to Robert Hepburn who died in Temple, 1798. It is based on a stone gateway that has out-survived the house that it once introduced. [Necessary … Continue reading Last Monday
STOBS
Last week I visited the ruined Church of Temple, Midlothian. On the south gable wall a tombstone had been inserted: This tombstone remembers Charles Hitchener who died in April 1831: … Continue reading STOBS