Kirkpaitrick Fleemin
Kirkpaitrick Fleemin (English: Kirkpatrick Fleming, Scots Gaelic: Cill Phàdraig) is a veelage an ceevil pairish in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is locatit aboot 3.4 mile nor'wast o Gretna, an 5 mile wast o Annan, atween the Kirtle Watter an the A74(M) motorwey. Fae the veelage road, the Solway Firth an the Cumbrian hills is veesible. It haes little licht pollution, giein guid views o the nicht sky.
The name is derived fae the pairish kirk, dedicatit tae Saunt Paitrick, and the Fleming faimily, the local lairds that bade at Redhall.[1] The medieval pairish kirk wis gien tae Gisborough Priory in Cleveland in England bi Robert de Brus, 2t Laird o Annandale, aroond 1170, tho this connection prescribit efter 1330.[1] The praisent kirk dates til the 18t century, an is pertectit as a Category B leetit biggin.[2]
The veelage wis served bi the Kirkpatrick railwey station on the auld Caledonian Railway line fae 1847 tae 1960.
It haes an aw a caravan an campin site, Bruce's Cove, that blowsts a cove ledged uised bi Keeng Robert the Bruce. Here the fleein keeng is supposed tae hae watcht a speeder swenging fae the tane side o the cove til the tither, that gied rise til the sayin "Gin at first ye no succeed, try, try, try again."
Books an soorces
[eedit | eedit soorce]Acause o a legacy left til the pairish bi an umwhile residenter, Ann Hill, the archaeology an history o Kirkpaitrick Fleemin haes been studied in twa volumes baith publisht bi the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society:
- Roger Mercer and others, Kirkpatrick Fleming Dumfriesshire: an Anatomy of a Parish in South West Scotland, 1997
- Duncan and Sheila Adamson, Kirkpatrick Fleming: On the Borders of History, 2011
Mair recent information aboot the pairish is tae be fund at the Community Cooncil wabsteid. [[1]]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Archived frae the original on 23 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2020.
- ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church... (Category B) (LB9812)". Retrieved 25 Mairch 2019.
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Coordinates: 55°1′27.06″N 3°8′5.29″W / 55.0241833°N 3.1348028°W
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