Kirkpatrick-Fleming

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Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Street in Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Street in Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Coordinates 55 ° 2 ′  N , 3 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 2 ′  N , 3 ° 8 ′  W
Kirkpatrick-Fleming (Scotland)
Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Kirkpatrick-Fleming
administration
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

  1. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Entry on Kirkatrick-Fleming Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  7. ↑ Information on Kirkpatrick Railway Station

Web links

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