Borgue
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| Borgue | |
| Kirkcudbrightshire | |
|---|---|
 Approach to Borgue from the east on the B727 road | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NX629484 |
| Location: | 54°48’43"N, 4°8’2"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Kirkcudbright |
| Postcode: | DG6 |
| Dialling code: | 01557 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dumfries and Galloway |
Borgue is a village and parish in Kirkcudbrightshire situated five miles south-west of Kirkcudbright and six miles south of Gatehouse of Fleet. The name Borgue (recorded as Borg in 1469) is from Old Norse borg 'stronghold'.[1][2]
According to folk tradition, Borgue was once the home of a boy who could consort with the fairies.[3]
Notable people from Borgue
- The poet William Nicholson, the 'Bard of Galloway'
- Hugh Blair of Borgue, eccentric 18th century noble.
- George Cook, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1876, who was minister of Borgue
- John James Pringle (1855–1922), dermatologist
- Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy (1868–1935), newspaper proprietor and MP
- Sir Robin Gray (1931-), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993, who was born in Borgue
- Adam Gray, Local historian and author [1]
- Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway (1928-), Scottish nobleman and the current Earl of Galloway.
References
- ↑ Nicolaisen, W. F. H. (2001). Scottish Place Names. Edinburgh: John Donald. pp. 144.
- ↑ Grant, Alison Elizabeth (2003). [http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1637/1/2003grantphd.pdf#page=267 Scandinavian Place-Names in Northern Britain as Evidence for Language Contact and Interaction]. University of Glasgow (Unpublished PhD Thesis). pp. 260. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1637/1/2003grantphd.pdf#page=267.
- ↑ "Fairy Boy of Borgue - Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysterious Britain & Ireland. http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/kircudbrightshire/folklore/fairy-boy-of-borgue.html. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Borgue) |
- Photos of Borgue village
- Borgue Primary School website
- Borgue Parish Home Page
- Transcriptions and photographs of Gravestones in Borgue Parish
