Canonbie

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Canonbie
Canonbie Parish Church
Canonbie Parish Church
Coordinates 55 ° 5 ′  N , 2 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 5 ′  N , 2 ° 57 ′  W
Canonbie (Scotland)
Canonbie
Canonbie
administration
Post town CANONBIE
ZIP code section DG14
prefix 01387
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Dumfries and Galloway
British Parliament Dumfriesshire
Scottish Parliament Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Canonbie is a village in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway or the Eskdale district of the traditional county of Dumfriesshire . It is located around 20 kilometers northeast of Annan am Esk, not far from the Scottish-English border.

history

Located in the contested Scottish-English border area, there were various fortifications in the area. For example, the Tower House Gilnockie Tower was a Wehbau of the Armstrong clan .

In the Middle Ages , probably in the middle of the 12th century, the Canonbie Priory was established as a small priory . The complex, which is subordinate to Jedburgh Abbey , was dissolved by Henry VIII in the course of the Scottish Reformation in 1544 . It disappeared completely today. A parish church in Canonbie was described as early as 1220. In the early 1820s, today's Canonbie Parish Church was built nearby .

During the 19th and 20th centuries, coal and lime were mined in the area.

traffic

The A7 , which connects Edinburgh with Carlisle in England , passes Canonbie in the west. It connects the village directly to the trunk road network. With the 1793-built Gilnockie Bridge and the proceeds derived from the 1850s Byreburnfoot Bridge , two road bridges were along the Esk near Canonbie.

During the 19th century Canonbie got its own station along a branch line of the Border Union Railway . In the course of the 1960s the line was abandoned and the station closed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Entry on Gilnockie Tower  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Entry on Canonbie Priory  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Entry on Canonbie Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Information on the Border Union Railway

Web links

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