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Ashkirk
Location within the Scottish Borders
Population139 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference NT4722
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55°29′N2°50′W / 55.48°N 02.84°W / 55.48; -02.84

Ashkirk is a small village on the Ale Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located just off the A7 road, approximately 6 miles (10 kilometres) each way between Selkirk to the north and Hawick to the south.

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Other places nearby include the Alemoor Loch, Appletreehall, Belses, Essenside Loch, the Ettrick Water, Ettrickbridge, Philiphaugh, Salenside and Woll.

The village is home to the Woll golf course, Ashkirk Village Hall, and the Smiddy Bar & Restaurant

History

Formerly, two thirds of the parish of Ashkirk lay in Roxburghshire and one third in Selkirkshire, [2] including an enclave of Selkirkshire just east of the village [3] around Synton. In 1891 a Boundary Commission moved the whole parish into Selkirkshire and added to Ashkirk a detached portion of the parish of Selkirk just west of the village, which was already in Selkirkshire (Todrig). [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "2011 Census Settlement Populations". Scottish Borders Council. 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ↑ New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol III Roxburgh, Peebles, Selkirk, publ.William Blackwood, 1845 p. 268
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey One-inch to the mile maps of Scotland, 1st Edition, Jedburgh, pul. 1864
  4. ↑ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 2nd edition, by Francis Groome, publ. 1896; articles on Ashkirk and Selkirk
  5. ↑ Alasdair Allan
  6. ↑ "Douglas S. Davies". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. ↑ OGILVIE, George Thomas Anderson (July 1994). Balladist of Borders & Bush. G.T. Ogilvie. ISBN   0952463407.


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