Ashkirk

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.

Ashkirk

Houses at Ashkirk
Ashkirk
Location within the Scottish Borders
OS grid referenceNT4722
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

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

History

Formerly, two thirds of the parish of Ashkirk lay in Roxburghshire and one third in Selkirkshire,[1] including an enclave of Selkirkshire just east of the village[2] 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).[3]

Notable persons

Scottish-Australian poet and bush balladeer Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) was born near Kelso, Scottish Borders, and from 1918 to his death he first leased then bought the Presbyterian church manse 'Kirklea' on the northside of Ashkirk.[4] After returning from Australia (1889–1901), Ogilvie became known as the Border poet, including penning Galloping shoes, Over the grass, Handful of leather, and The road to Roberton. His wife Madge is buried with her parents in nearby Ettrickbridge.

Doug Davies, Scottish rugby player, was born in Ashkirk.[5]

Alasdair Allan, MSP for the Western Isles, grew up in Ashkirk.[6]

See also

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


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