Legerwood

Legerwood
Legerwood Parish Church
Coordinates	55 ° 41 ′  N , 2 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 41 ′  N , 2 ° 40 ′  W
Legerwood
administration
Post town	EARLSTON
ZIP code section	TD4
prefix	01896
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Scottish Borders
British Parliament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament	Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

Legerwood is a village in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Berwickshire . It is located around seven kilometers southeast of Lauder and 15 kilometers northwest of Kelso on Ledgerwood Burn , which flows into Leader Water to the west.

history

The earliest mention of a church on the site dates back to 1127. Most of today's Legerwood Parish Church is believed to be from this construction phase.

The Legerwood area once housed three Peel Towers , Corsbie Tower , Whitslaid Tower and Morriston Tower .

traffic

Located in a sparsely populated region, Legerwood is not directly connected to the trunk road network. Within a few kilometers, however, the A68 ( Darlington - Edinburgh ) can be reached in the west, the A697 ( Morpeth - Oxton ) in the north, the A6089 in the east and the A6105 in the south .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
3. ↑ Entry on Legerwood Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
4. ↑ Entry on Corsbie Tower  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
5. ↑ Entry on Whitslaid Tower  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
6. ↑ Entry on Morriston Tower  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Web links

Commons : Legerwood  - collection of images, videos and audio files