Kirkpatrick-Fleming

Kirkpatrick-Fleming (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Phàdraig) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

It is located between the

The name is derived from the parish church, dedicated to

The village was served by Kirkpatrick railway station on the old Caledonian Railway main line from 1847 to 1960. Today, the line is part of the West Coast Main Line.

Bruce's Cave

Bruce's Cave, which boasts a cave allegedly used by King Robert the Bruce. Here the fleeing king is supposed to have watched a spider swinging from one side of the cave to the other, which gave rise to the saying "if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again".

Books

Due to a legacy left to the parish by a former resident, Ann Hill, the archaeology and history of Kirkpatrick Fleming have been studied in two volumes both published by the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society:^{[citation needed]}

• Roger Mercer and others, Kirkpatrick Fleming Dumfriesshire: an Anatomy of a Parish in South West Scotland, 1997
• Duncan and Sheila Adamson, Kirkpatrick Fleming: On the Borders of History, 2011

Sport

KP is a virtual football club from the village.

Notable people

Fleming is the birthplace of inventor Andrew Smith circa 1798, Andrew Smith is the Father of inventor Andrew Smith Hallidie, who is recognised as being a leading light in the inventing of the wire cable system used by the San Francisco Cable Cars.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Kirkpatrick-Fleming

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