Dunscore
| Dunscore | |
| Dumfriesshire | |
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 Dunscore | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NX867843 |
| Location: | 55°8’31"N, 3°46’48"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dumfries and Galloway |
Dunscore is a small village and parish in western Dumfriesshire. The village lies nine miles north-west of Dumfries on the B729, whereas the parish, taking on the shape of an hourglass, extends to the Kirkcudbrightshire border. The village of about 150 people, has a pub, a post office and a tea room.[1] The village hosts a gala event every August.[2] Craigenputtock Estate lies within the parish of Dunscore.
The Church
There is a parish church,[3] while the long-abandoned Dunscore Old Kirk was located near Fardingwell Farm, between Robert Burns Ellisland Farm and Robert Ferguson's "Isle Tower".
History
In Thompson's 1832 map Ellisland was spelt "Elliesland" and was next to Isle Tower. [4]
The 'Laird of Lag's Tomb' is located at the surviving Dunscore Old Kirk burial ground, as is the grave of Captain Robert Riddell of Glenriddell, a close associate of Robert Burns.
Dunscore railway station opened in 1905, closed to passengers in 1943 and to goods in 1949. The station was on the Cairn Valley Railway which ran to Moniaive from Dumfries.
Jane Haining was born in Dunscore. She became a Church of Scotland missionary in Hungary, ministering amongst Hungarian Jews. During the war she was arrested by the Nazis and became one of few Britons to become a victim of the Holocaust.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Dunscore) |
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Old Dunscore Kirk) |
References
- ↑ "Village of Dunscore". http://www.dunscore.org.uk/. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ↑ "Dunscore Village Gala". http://www.dunscoregala.ndo.co.uk/. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ↑ "Dunscore Parish Church". http://www.dunscorechurch.co.uk/. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ↑ http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/view/?rsid=74400172&sid=74400174&mid=555