Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the

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area of

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. Places nearby include Stichill,

Sprouston Sprouston is a village, parish and former feudal barony in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, as well as the historic county of Roxburghshire, located 2 miles north-east of Kelso.Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles, publ. J.G. Bartholo ...

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, Eccles,

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as well as

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. The village was formerly in

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. Its name is a corruption of the

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"Edenham", i.e. the town on

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. Near the village is a knoll called The Piper's Grave. It is named after a legend that a local piper once went searching for fairies in the hill, and was never seen again.

Notable people

*Ednam is notable for having been associated with several Scottish poets,

Henry Francis Lyte Henry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was a Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet. Biography Youth and education Henry Francis Lyte was the second son of Thomas and Anna Maria (née Oliver) Lyte, whose family came orig ...

, writer of ''

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''; William Wright,

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and James Thomson, writer of ''

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''. *

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in 1960. * William Purves, banker

References

External links

RCAHMS record of Ednam
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110210060018/http://www.hmie.gov.uk/ViewEstablishment.aspx?type=2&id=8643 Ednam Primary School, Inspections
Church of Scotland: Parish of Kelso North and Ednam

Ednam website
{{authority control Villages in the Scottish Borders Parishes in Roxburghshire

Notable people

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