Stichill
Coordinates: 55°38′20″N 2°27′29″W / 55.639°N 2.458°W
Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles (8.0 km) from the English Border at Coldstream.
Stichill is mentioned as a manor of Sir Thomas Randolph, later the Earl of Moray, when in 1308 it was considered forfeited to Edward I of England and granted to Adam Gordon.[1]
Pringles
The village lies in the historic territory of the Pringles, a notorious Riding family of Border Reivers. The Pringles of Stichill are a cadet branch of the Pringles of that Ilk. Robert Pringle of Baitingbush purchased the lands of Stichill in 1628, and his grandson, another Robert Pringle, was created 1st Pringle Baronet of Stichill, in the Baronetcy of Nova Scotia, in 1683. The Current Baronet is Sir Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle of Stichill, 10th Baronet.
See also
- Stichill Kirk
- List of places in the Scottish Borders
- List of places in East Lothian
- List of places in Midlothian
- List of places in Scotland
References
Notes
- ↑ Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage Vol V pp291-2
Sources
- Balfour Paul, Sir James, The Scots Peerage IX Vols. Edinburgh 1907
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stichill. |
- RCAHMS record for Stichill Parish
- RCAHMS record: Stichill House, doocot
- RCAHMS/Canmore record of Stichill Manse, Steading
- SCRAN image: Stichill Manse, muck hole from byre to midden
- SCRAN image: Steam engine, boiler house, chimney, at Baillieknowe, Stichill
- Googlebook: Stichill during the Commonwealth
- Geograph photo 1198333: Stichill Linn
- Geograph photo 159277 Stichill village
- Stichill and surroundings on Ordnance Survey map