Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Kirkpatrick-Fleming | ||
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Street in Kirkpatrick-Fleming | ||
Coordinates | 55 ° 2 ′ N , 3 ° 8 ′ W | |
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Post town | LOCKERBIE | |
ZIP code section | DG11 | |
prefix | 01461 | |
Part of the country | Scotland | |
Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | |
British Parliament | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
Scottish Parliament | Dumfriesshire | |
Kirkpatrick-Fleming is a village in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway or the traditional county of Dumfriesshire . It is located about seven kilometers northwest of Gretna and eight kilometers northeast of Annan on the right bank of the Kirtle Water .
history
In the Middle Ages there was a church dedicated to St. Patrick on a hill southeast of the village . The name Kirkpatrick-Fleming is made up of this Patrick church and the local ruling family Fleming . Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale , placed the church under the Gisborough Priory around 1170 . Today's Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church was built in 1735 and has been restored, expanded and partially rebuilt several times over the centuries. It is protected as a category B monument. The 17th century burial site of the Grahams of Mossknowe nestles against the church wall. The renaissance building is classified as a category A building. Southeast of the village is the mansion Moss Knowe House another Category A monument.
While more than 1900 lived in Kirkpatrick-Fleming in the course of the 19th century, only 228 people were counted in the 1971 census survey.
traffic
Kirkpatrick-Fleming is connected to the trunk road network via the A74 (M) coming from Glasgow and passing the town to the north . In 1847 the village received a station along the newly opened main line of the Caledonian Railway . Although the line is still in use today, the simply called Kirkpatrick station was closed in 1960.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Kirkatrick-Fleming Parish Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Information on Kirkpatrick Railway Station