Kirkpatrick-Juxta
Kirkpatrick-Juxta is a parish in Dumfries and Galloway on the A701, between Biggar, Moffat and Lockerbie. The parish straddles the main road A74 (M). It is primarily a rural parish. Its name means "the lands next to the church of St Patrick".
Kirkpatrick Juxta Church near Beattock
The parish church was built in 1798/1799 designed by John McCracken. It was remodelled and given a new interior in 1875 by James Barbour.[1]
The parish includes Beattock railway station, sections of the River Annan and Queensberry Hill.[2]
The ruins of Auchincass Castle also lie in the parish.[3]
Notable Residents
- Very Rev William Singer, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1830
- Jimmy Niven (1861-1933) footballer
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