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55°06′36″N3°39′29″W / 55.110°N 3.658°W / 55.110; -3.658 Coordinates: 55°06′36″N3°39′29″W / 55.110°N 3.658°W / 55.110; -3.658

Holywood is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village of Holywood was developed in the mid twentieth century. [1] In 1949 eighteen houses were built by the county council and followed shortly after by another 38. [2]

Holywood was the site of a Premonstratensian abbey which was established in 1225 and dissolved in 1609. [3] [4] The abbey was dismantled and used to build the parish church in 1778. [3] No remains are now visible. [3]

The site of Holywood Abbey was previously called Dercongal , 'Congal's oak-copse'. [5] The name Holywood refers to this oak-copse. [5] The saint commemorated in this name may be Convallus, disciple of Saint Mungo. [5] However, there are a number of other saints to whom the dedication could apply. [6] The surrounding landscape has several prehistoric monuments, including two cursuses and the Twelve Apostles stone circle, [7] which suggests a continuity of sacred or administrative tradition in the area. [8]

The parish previously had three schools: Speddoch, Steilston and Holywood, near the village. [9] The current school building was built in 1967. [1] Its catchment includes the Woodlands area of Dumfries and part of the catchment of Auldgirth Primary School, which closed in 2000. [10]

Holywood railway station opened as Killylung in 1849 but was renamed Holywood within a year and closed in 1949.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gifford, John (2002) [1996]. Dumfries and Galloway. Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of Scotland. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 348. ISBN   9780300096712.
  2. ↑ Duncan, Walter (1962). "Chapter 13: The Parish of Holywood". In Reid, W. Arnold (ed.). The County of Dumfries. The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. 12. Glasgow: Collins. p. 151.
  3. 1 2 3 "Canmore: Holywood Abbey". RCAHMS - Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Archived from the original on 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  4. ↑ Crowe, Chris (2002). "Holywood, an Early Mediaeval Monastery: Problems and Possibilities" (PDF). Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Third Series. LXXVI: 113. ISSN   0141-1292. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02.
  5. 1 2 3 Watson, W. J. (1926). The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland. Edinburgh and London. p. 169. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.
  6. ↑ "HOLYWOOD ABBEY, AKA DERCONGAL, HOLYWOOD". Saints in Scottish Place-Names. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  7. ↑ Burl, Aubrey (2005). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 124.
  8. ↑ Crowe, Chris (2002). "Holywood, an Early Mediaeval Monastery: Problems and Possibilities" (PDF). Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Third Series. LXXVI: 114. ISSN   0141-1292. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02.
  9. ↑ Duncan, Walter (1962). "Chapter 13: The Parish of Holywood". In Reid, W. Arnold (ed.). The County of Dumfries. The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. 12. Glasgow: Collins. p. 152.
  10. ↑ "Holywood Primary School". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Archived from the original on 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
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