Clarencefield

Clarencefield
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Clarencefield Location within Dumfries an Gallowa
OS grid reference	NY092685
Cooncil area	Dumfries an Gallowa
Lieutenancy area	Dumfries
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	DUMFRIES
Postcode destrict	DG1
Diallin code	01387
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Scots Pairlament	Dumfriesshire

Clarencefield is a smaw veelage in Rival Pairish in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is atween Dumfries an Annan. It wis aince served bi Ruthwell railwey station.

History

This teepical veelage wis biggit tae service the nearby Comlongon Castle an tae provide accommodation for its employees an thair faimilies. The castle wis aince haudit bi the Yerls o Mansfield, an it is noo a hottle.

A saw mill wis locatit nearby at Hope Cottages, pouert bi a mill pownd uisin watter fae the Brow or Raffles Burn. The McFarlan Memorial Haw provides various faceelitys for the local commmunity.

Association wi Robert Burns

In Julie 1796, likely tholin subacute bacterial endocarditis, the poet Robert Burns medical freends Dr William Maxwell and Dr Alexander Brown suggestit that he shoud gang tae Brow whaur he wis prescrived drinkin o the watter o the mineral wall, sea bathin, ridin, an the kintra air. He steyed for 3 week, ludgin at the inn. John Burney o the inn at Clarencefield wis the guidson o the hostler at Brow, an Burs wis advised tae mak his wey til the veelage tae get some port wine that hid been prescrived as pairt o his treatment.

Burns arrived, pit the empie bottle on the coonter an ordert the port wine, houiver he hid no siller an made tae gie Burney his personal seal that cairit his "armorial device" that he wis sae prood o as a cation until he coud pey wi coin. He had informt the hostler that "the muckle deil had got into his pouch and was its only occupant." The leddy hostler hertent her guidman tae gie Burns the medicinal wine withoot siller or pledge. The in is said tae hae been locatit in the ferm on the route fae Brow.

References

Notes

Sources

• Dougall, Charles S. (1911). The Burns Country. London: A & C Black.
• MacKay, James A. (1988). Burns-Lore of Dumfries and Galloway. Ayr : Alloway Publishing. ISBN 0-907526-36-5.
• Mackay, James A. (2004). Burns. A Biography of Robert Burns. Darvel : Alloway Publishing. ISBN 0-907526-85-3.

External links

• McFarlan Memorial Hall
• Google map
• Tourist information Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Comlongon Castle