Ednam

For the aristocratic title Viscount Ednam, see Earl of Dudley.

Ednam
Parish church
Ednam Location within the Scottish Borders
Civil parish	Ednam
Council area	Scottish Borders
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland 55°37′41″N2°25′3″W / 55.62806°N 2.41750°W / 55.62806; -2.41750

Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

Floors Castle is nearby.

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

• 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

1. Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 419. ISBN   9780340165973.

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