Denholm (Scotland)

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Denholm
Street in Denholm
Street in Denholm
Coordinates 55 ° 27 ′  N , 2 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 27 ′  N , 2 ° 41 ′  W
Denholm (Scotland)
Denholm
Denholm
Residents 653 2011 census
administration
Post town HAWICK
ZIP code section TD9
prefix 01450
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Scottish Borders
British Parliament Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Denholm is a town in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Roxburghshire . It is located about eight kilometers northeast of Hawick and west of Jedburgh at the mouth of the Dean Burn in the Teviot .

history

In the course of Rough Wooing , Denholm was largely destroyed in the 1540s. For centuries there were textile processing companies in Denholm. In addition to agriculture, a nearby quarry also offered jobs. One of the oldest preserved buildings in Denholm is Westgate Hall, which dates back to the 17th century . In 1775 the scholar John Leyden was born in Denholm. With the Leyden Monument a memorial commemorates the son of the village.

In 1861 there were still 766 inhabitants in Denholm, the number of inhabitants fell slightly in the following decades. After 538 people were counted in Denholm in the course of the 1981 census survey, an increasing trend can be recorded with 653 inhabitants in 2011.

traffic

The A698 (Hawick– Berwick-upon-Tweed ) is Denholm's main thoroughfare. It connects the village in the east at Ancrum to the A68 ( Edinburgh - Darlington ) and in the west of Hawick to the A7 (Edinburgh - Carlisle ). The B6405 coming from Hassendean also joins the town center from the north .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Denholm in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  6. ↑ 2011 census

Web links

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