Fogo (Scottish Borders)
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 44 ′ N , 2 ° 22 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | DUNS | ||
| ZIP code section | TD11 | ||
| prefix | 01630 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Scottish Borders | ||
| British Parliament | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | ||
Fogo is a scattered hamlet in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Berwickshire . It is located about ten kilometers northwest of Coldstream and six kilometers northeast of Greenlaw on the right bank of Blackadder Water .
history
Foghow has been the location of a church building since early Christian times . Church history can be traced back to the 7th century. In 1159 the church there was subordinated to the Kelso Abbey . Today's Fogo Kirk was probably built in the 1570s.
Due to the favorable soils, Fogo developed as an agricultural settlement. In the 1880s there was a school in Fogo that could accommodate 123 students. It was housed in a building from 1864 and has since been closed.
traffic
Located in a sparsely populated region of the Scottish Borders, Fogo is only accessible via unclassified back roads. The Fogo Bridge over Blackadder Water, built in 1641 and via which the A6105 is accessible in the north, is of infrastructural importance . In the West of is within a few kilometers Oxton by Morpeth leading A697 reached. In the east, however, runs the A6112 ( Grantshouse - Coldstream).
Around two kilometers to the west, Marchmont station was established along the newly opened Berwickshire Railway in 1865 . The route coming from St Boswells led to Reston , connecting the Waverley Line with the East Coast Main Line . However, like the railway line, the station was closed in 1966.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information from the parish ( memento of the original from July 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Fogo in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.
- ↑ Information on the Berwickshire Railway
