History of Smailholm

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Smailholm Village

Name - originally from Old English - 'smael' and 'ham', the narrow village.

Graveyard Record - Recorded as Vol XII of the Roxburghshire Monumental Inscriptions by the Borders Family History Society. ( Available from McGregor's Scottish Borders Books, Kelso (01573 225309))

Places of Interest

• Smailholm Tower (nearby)
• Smailholm Pottery

Famous People Associated

• Sir Walter Scott, as a boy, stayed with his grandparents at Sandyknowe, at the foot of Smailholm Tower.
• St Cuthbert is reputed to have been born in the village of Wrangham, which used to be on New Smailholm Farm. All physical evidence of this village has disappeared.

Further Reading - 'Smailholm Parish Church' by WL Sime (1896)

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