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Lilliesleaf
Lilliesleaf is a small village and civil parish 7 miles (11 km) south east of Selkirk in the Roxburghshire area of Scottish Borders of Scotland.
Other places nearby include Ancrum, Ashkirk, Belses, Hassendean, Midlem, Minto House, Old Belses, St Boswells, and Woll.
Lilliesleaf used to be a village and parish in the northwest of Roxburghshire. On the old rail routes, the village was 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Belses station, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) NNW of Hassendean station, and 6 miles (9.7 km) SSW of Newtown St Boswells station — all on the Waverley Route of the North British railway system, which was closed in 1969.
It was picturesquely situated on a ridge of ground which slopes down first steeply to the village, then gradually to Ale Water. Between the village and the river lie fields and meadows. Lilliesleaf consisted mainly of one long narrow street, half a mile in length, which contained the post office, with money order, savings bank, and telegraph departments, 2 inns, 2 schools, and several good shops. There was a subscription library, containing about 1600 volumes of all classes of literature. The houses exhibited considerable diversity, some being thatched and others slated, while old cottages and new villas were not unfrequently found standing close together. Almost without exception, the houses had gardens attached to them, and as a natural consequence, flower-culture was largely engaged in. Owing to the trimness of its gardens, and the beauty of its situation, Lilliesleaf was among the prettiest of the Border villages, and its advantages have been fully appreciated by Scottish artists, who have found in it and its environs charming subjects for their brush.
The church is first mentioned in 1116 AD in the document "The Inquisition of David". In 1174, Walter, chaplain of Lilliesleaf, was witness in a land dispute.
The current parish church, built in 1771, restored in 1883, and extended in 1910, stands a little way beyond the east end of the village. It is surrounded on three sides by the churchyard, which contains a few curious tombstones, and the remains of an old ivy-grown chapel. The improvements of 1883 changed it from a plain barn-like building to one of taste and elegance. They embraced the addition of a nave and bell-tower, and the remodelling of the interior, in which handsome modern benches took the place of the old 'box-pews.' The lighting of the church has been much improved by the new windows in the nave and the enlargement of the old windows in the transepts. A fine-toned bell, which cost about £100, and weighs 8.5 cwts., has been presented to the church by Mr Edward W. Sprot, younger son of the late Mr Mark Sprot of Riddell. An interesting relic is the old stone font. It was removed from the church at the Reformation, and eventually found its way into the moss, where for a long time it lay buried. It has lately been dug up, and placed at one of the entrance doors of the church. The United Presbyterian church was erected in 1805. Besides the girls' school at the village, built by subscription in 1860 on ground bequeathed by the late Mr Currie of Linthill, there is the public school, once known as the parish school, also at the village, and built in 1822, which, with accommodation for 191 children, had an average attendance of about 135, and a grant of over £134. The inhabitants were chiefly employed in agriculture and trades connected therewith.
Pop. (1861) 325, (1871) 349, (1881) 315, (1891) 302.
Lilliesleaf parish is bounded northwest by Selkirk, north by Bowden, northeast and east by Ancrum, southeast by Minto and Wilton, and west by Ashkirk. Almost all the land in the parish is arable, and what remains is taken up with pasture. The ground is gently undulating, sinking in the northeast to 390 feet above sea-level, and rising thence to 556 feet near the village, 754 near Greatlaws, 711 near Newhouse, and 936 at Black Craig. The soil is mostly loam and clay, and there is little or no sand. The predominant rocks are Silurian and Devonian. A portion of the Waverley route of the North British railway passes through the parish. 'Ancient Riddell's fair domain' belonged till 1823 to a family of that name, whose ancestor Walter de Riddell obtained a charter of Lilliesleaf, Whittunes, etc., about the middle of the 12th century, and who received a baronetcy in 1628. The remoter antiquity of the family has been rested upon the discovery, in the old chapel of Riddell, of two stone coffins, one of which contained 'an earthen pot, filled with ashes and arms, bearing a legible date, a.d. 727,' while the other was filled with ' the bones of a man of gigantic size.' These coffins, it has been conjectured, contained the remains of ancestors of the family, although this view has been rejected by Sir Walter B. Riddell. Lilliesleaf Moor was the scene of many ' Conventicles ' held by the Covenanters, and upon it took place several skirmishes between them and their opponents. The chief engagement occurred at Bewlie Moss.
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Lilliesleaf
Lilliesleaf is a small village and civil parish 7 miles (11 km) south east of Selkirk in the Roxburghshire area of Scottish Borders of Scotland.
Other places nearby include Ancrum, Ashkirk, Belses, Hassendean, Midlem, Minto House, Old Belses, St Boswells, and Woll.
Lilliesleaf used to be a village and parish in the northwest of Roxburghshire. On the old rail routes, the village was 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Belses station, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) NNW of Hassendean station, and 6 miles (9.7 km) SSW of Newtown St Boswells station — all on the Waverley Route of the North British railway system, which was closed in 1969.
It was picturesquely situated on a ridge of ground which slopes down first steeply to the village, then gradually to Ale Water. Between the village and the river lie fields and meadows. Lilliesleaf consisted mainly of one long narrow street, half a mile in length, which contained the post office, with money order, savings bank, and telegraph departments, 2 inns, 2 schools, and several good shops. There was a subscription library, containing about 1600 volumes of all classes of literature. The houses exhibited considerable diversity, some being thatched and others slated, while old cottages and new villas were not unfrequently found standing close together. Almost without exception, the houses had gardens attached to them, and as a natural consequence, flower-culture was largely engaged in. Owing to the trimness of its gardens, and the beauty of its situation, Lilliesleaf was among the prettiest of the Border villages, and its advantages have been fully appreciated by Scottish artists, who have found in it and its environs charming subjects for their brush.
The church is first mentioned in 1116 AD in the document "The Inquisition of David". In 1174, Walter, chaplain of Lilliesleaf, was witness in a land dispute.
The current parish church, built in 1771, restored in 1883, and extended in 1910, stands a little way beyond the east end of the village. It is surrounded on three sides by the churchyard, which contains a few curious tombstones, and the remains of an old ivy-grown chapel. The improvements of 1883 changed it from a plain barn-like building to one of taste and elegance. They embraced the addition of a nave and bell-tower, and the remodelling of the interior, in which handsome modern benches took the place of the old 'box-pews.' The lighting of the church has been much improved by the new windows in the nave and the enlargement of the old windows in the transepts. A fine-toned bell, which cost about £100, and weighs 8.5 cwts., has been presented to the church by Mr Edward W. Sprot, younger son of the late Mr Mark Sprot of Riddell. An interesting relic is the old stone font. It was removed from the church at the Reformation, and eventually found its way into the moss, where for a long time it lay buried. It has lately been dug up, and placed at one of the entrance doors of the church. The United Presbyterian church was erected in 1805. Besides the girls' school at the village, built by subscription in 1860 on ground bequeathed by the late Mr Currie of Linthill, there is the public school, once known as the parish school, also at the village, and built in 1822, which, with accommodation for 191 children, had an average attendance of about 135, and a grant of over £134. The inhabitants were chiefly employed in agriculture and trades connected therewith.
Pop. (1861) 325, (1871) 349, (1881) 315, (1891) 302.
Lilliesleaf parish is bounded northwest by Selkirk, north by Bowden, northeast and east by Ancrum, southeast by Minto and Wilton, and west by Ashkirk. Almost all the land in the parish is arable, and what remains is taken up with pasture. The ground is gently undulating, sinking in the northeast to 390 feet above sea-level, and rising thence to 556 feet near the village, 754 near Greatlaws, 711 near Newhouse, and 936 at Black Craig. The soil is mostly loam and clay, and there is little or no sand. The predominant rocks are Silurian and Devonian. A portion of the Waverley route of the North British railway passes through the parish. 'Ancient Riddell's fair domain' belonged till 1823 to a family of that name, whose ancestor Walter de Riddell obtained a charter of Lilliesleaf, Whittunes, etc., about the middle of the 12th century, and who received a baronetcy in 1628. The remoter antiquity of the family has been rested upon the discovery, in the old chapel of Riddell, of two stone coffins, one of which contained 'an earthen pot, filled with ashes and arms, bearing a legible date, a.d. 727,' while the other was filled with ' the bones of a man of gigantic size.' These coffins, it has been conjectured, contained the remains of ancestors of the family, although this view has been rejected by Sir Walter B. Riddell. Lilliesleaf Moor was the scene of many ' Conventicles ' held by the Covenanters, and upon it took place several skirmishes between them and their opponents. The chief engagement occurred at Bewlie Moss.
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