Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
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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.[1]
Notable people
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 419. ISBN 9780340165973.
External links
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