Ednam
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Parish church, Ednam
Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle.
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
References
- Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 419. ISBN 9780340165973.
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