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Edrom is a parish and small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland.

Edrom

in 2018
Edrom
Location within the Scottish Borders
OS grid referenceNT8255
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Berwickshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament
  • Ettrick, Roxburgh and Selkirk
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UK
Scotland
55.7935°N 2.2736°W / 55.7935; -2.2736

The rural parish of Edrom is in east central Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the parishes of Bunkle and Preston and Chirnside, on the east by the Parishes of Chirnside, Hutton and Whitsome and Hilton, on the south by the parishes of Whitsome and Hilton, Swinton and Fogo and on the west by the parishes of Langton and Duns. It includes the nearby village of Allanton.


Locality


Edrom lies three miles north-east of Duns, and close to the Whiteadder Water.

Nearby are Allanbank, Allanton, the Blackadder Water, Blanerne Castle, Chirnside, Chirnsidebridge, Foulden, Gavinton, Hutton, Kimmerghame House, Manderston House, Preston, Wedderburn Castle, and the former Kelloe House.


Village


The village contains several notable buildings, including the Manse, 1881, and the former school, early 19th century. The schoolroom, now the Village Hall, is very likely the Sewing School erected in 1866.

Edrom Newton Farm, with a neo-Jacobean steading, is a late 18th or early 19th century farm house built by Richard Miller of Manderston; it is notable for its pavilions with Venetian windows.

Edrom Farm Cottages are a stylish group of neo-Jacobean cottages, 1876, just to the east of the steading.

Two bridges, Kelloe Bridge and Todheugh Bridge, cross the Blackadder Water and the Whiteadder Water respectively.


Parish Church


A parish church was granted to Durham Cathedral in the early 12th century.

The Logan Aisle, to the west of the church, contains what is described as the finest piece of Romanesque architectural sculpture in Scotland - the reset doorway from the main church. This dates from the 12th century, and is now somewhat worn.


Edrom House


Thought to date from circa 1740, and a somewhat dated design for that time, Edrom House is a simple classical rectangular piend-roofed house. A design introduced by Sir William Bruce in the 17th century.

Edrom House was the home of the International Cello Centre, a residential school for musicians of varying ages and backgrounds run by John Gwilt, Jane and Christopher Cowan, where Steven Isserlis and Steven Doane trained in the 1970s. The school is no longer based at Edrom and is now called The Edrom Casals Centre.


Berwickshire Railway


Edrom had a railway station on the North British Railway's Berwickshire Railway (opened 1863). The railway line ran from Reston to Earlston, joining the East Coast Main Line to the Waverley Line. A five span rounded arch railway bridge was built over the Whiteadder Water, in the hamlet of Chirnsidebridge, in 1863 to carry the railway.

Edrom Railway Station was closed to passenger traffic 10 September 1951. Freight continued until 19 July 1965. The station had a single platform. The station building, platform and goods shed remain intact.


Body Snatching


Edrom was notable as the site of Body snatching which resulted in a riot in Duns.[1]


Notable people



See also



References


  1. "Dunse History Society". www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. "Classics & Class » Alexander Christison: The Lammermuir Latinist".
  3. "Fortune, Robert". Retrieved 10 June 2022.

Bibliography





На других языках


[de] Edrom

Edrom ist eine Ortschaft im Nordosten der schottischen Council Area Scottish Borders beziehungsweise in der traditionellen Grafschaft Berwickshire. Sie liegt rund fünf Kilometer nordöstlich von Duns nahe dem linken Ufer des Whiteadder Water.[1]
- [en] Edrom



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