Buittle
Buittle is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland, in the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire. It lies to the west of the Urr Water, between Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas, and extends from Haugh of Urr in the north to Almorness Point on the Solway Firth in the south. The main settlement is the small village of Palnackie.
Etymology
The name is derived from Old English bōtl, meaning "a dwelling, dwelling-place, house",[1][2] giving Buittle the same etymology as Bootle in England.
History
Northumbrian expansion into what was the kingdoms of Rheged and Strathclyde in the 7th and 8th centuries left a number of Anglian names throughout southwest Scotland, and it would appear that the name Buittle is one of these relics.
Buittle was in the semi-independent
John de Baliol established
Buittle became the Scottish residence of their son John Balliol, who was King of Scotland from 1292 to 1296. Galloway remained faithful to King John and his son Edward Balliol throughout the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Balliols defeated the Robert the Bruce and his son David II. The latter, in 1369, appointed Archibald the Grim as Lord of Galloway, "becaus he tuke git trawell to purge the cuntrey of Englis blude".[6] Archibald forbore to remain at Buittle and took up the residence of the older Kings of Galloway at Kirkcudbright.
Old Place of Buittle also known as Buittle Tower, late C16 fortified house.
Buittle Parish Church
The present Buittle Parish Church, now closed, was built in 1818 by architect
See also
References
- ^ Nicolaisen, W. F. H. (2001). Scottish Place-Names. Edinburgh: John Donald. p. 100.
- ^ Williamson, May G. (1942). The Non-Celtic Place-names of the Scottish Border Counties (PDF). University of Edinburgh (Unpublished PhD Thesis). p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014.
- ^ "A brief history of Balliol College". Balliol College. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ Salter, H. E. (1913). "The Statutes of Dervorguilla". The Oxford deeds of Balliol College. Oxford Historical Society. p. 279.
- ^ Paravicini, Frances de (1891). Early history of Balliol College. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. p. 69.
- Maxwell, Sir Herbert (1902). A History of the House of Douglas. London: Freemantle & Co. p. 117.
- ^ "Buittle Parish Church". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ "Buittle Old Parish Church". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Buittle Old Kirk (SM1108)". Retrieved 25 February 2019.