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Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle.
The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on Eden Water.
Near the village is a knoll called The Piper's Grave. It is named after a legend that a local piper once went searching for fairies in the hill, and was never seen again.
Notable people
Ednam is notable for having been associated with several Scottish poets, Henry Francis Lyte, writer of Abide With Me; William Wright, John Gibson Smith and James Thomson, writer of Rule Britannia.
J. H. S. Burleigh - Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1960.
William Purves, banker
See also
Ednam Church
List of places in the Scottish Borders
List of places in Scotland
References
External links
RCAHMS record of Ednam
Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Ednam
Scottish Borders Council: Adopted Local Plan / Ednam Settlement Profile and Map
Ednam Primary School, Inspections
Church of Scotland: Parish of Kelso North and Ednam
Ednam website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ednam
- Rosemary Ward, Viscountess Ednam
- Earl of Dudley
- Ednam Church
- William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley
- Ednam House
- William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley
- James Thomson (poet, born 1700)
- Venetia Stanley (1887–1948)
- Ednam, Virginia
