Former telephone box, Crailing - geograph

Crailing is a village on the A698, in

Teviotdale Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and Berw ...

, 4m east of

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in the

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area of

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, in the historic county of

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. Places nearby include

Ancrum Ancrum ( gd, Alan Crom) is a village in the Scottish Borders, Borders area of Scotland, 5 km north west of Jedburgh. The village — which currently has a population of around 300 — is situated just off the A68 road, A68 trunk road on the ...

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, Eckford,

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National Library of Scotland is a small village and

, Kelso,

Nisbet, Roxburghshire Nisbet is a small hamlet on the B6400, in Roxburghshire, along the River Teviot, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located north of Jedburgh and south of Roxburgh. The village has several Nisbet location names: Nisbet, East Nis ...

, the

Oxnam Water Oxnam ( sco, Owsenam) is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential village. The placename Oxnam is from Old English ''oxa'' ( genitive ''oxan'') " oxen" and ''ham'' "villa ...

, the River Teviot.

Notable people and events

* Robert Aitken (preacher) (1800—1873) *

Thomas Oliver (architect) Thomas Oliver (14 January 1791 – December 1857) was an English classical architect and surveyor active in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was one of a number of talented local architects who worked with Richard Grainger on the development of Newca ...

(1791—1857) * Crailing played an important role in the early history of

Clan Oliphant Clan Oliphant is a Highland Scottish clan. History Origins of the clan Although this remains the subject of ongoing research the earliest member of this Clan known to date is Roger Olifard, who witnessed a foundation charter to the Clunic prio ...

. Sir David Olifard, who is commonly held to be the progenitor of the clan, in 1141 got lands at Crailing from King David I of Scotland whose life Olifard had saved. *

Rory Bremner Roderick Keith Ogilvy "Rory" Bremner,"Rory Bremner". '' Who Do You Think You Are?''. Wall to Wall for BBC One. 2 February 2009. No. 1, series 6. (born 6 April 1961) is a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political sati ...

bought Crailing House near Jedburgh in September in 2009.Penny Churchill
Rory Bremner’s ‘magical Borders retreat’ for sale after 10 happy years and a ‘labour of love’ restoration
'' Country Life'', 16 November 2019

References

* 1952 Hawick Archaeological Society 1952 transactions: Walter Brydon, ''Crailing and its associations'', pp 7–8

External links

CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Crailing House, Old Burial Ground, Crailing ChurchyardNational Archives of Scotland: Parish of CrailingRCAHMS record of Crailing ToftsBritish Listed Buildings: West Lodge, Crailing House, CrailingBBC, WW2 People's War: Article ID: A6204502
{{authority control Villages in the Scottish Borders Parishes in Roxburghshire