Crailing is a village on the A698, in
Teviotdale, 4m east of
Jedburgh in the
Scottish Borders area of
Scotland
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, in the historic county of
Roxburghshire.
Places nearby include
Ancrum,
Crailinghall,
Eckford,
Hownam,
Kelso,
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, the
Oxnam Water, the
River Teviot.
Notable people and events
*
Robert Aitken (preacher) (1800—1873)
*
Thomas Oliver (architect) (1791—1857)
* Crailing played an important role in the early history of
Clan Oliphant.
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 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
See also
*
List of places in the Scottish Borders
*
List of places in Scotland
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
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Villages in the Scottish Borders
Parishes in Roxburghshire