Smailholm
Smailholm (Scots: Smailhowm)[1] is a small village in the historic county of Roxburghshire in south-east Scotland. It is at
History
Smailholm, in keeping with most of the south eastern part of Scotland, was part of the ancient
Church
David de Oliford was granted the church and manor of Smailholm in the 12th century by King
Smailholm Tower
Smailholm Tower, one in a string of Borders keeps guarding the Tweed valley, was built not later than the early 15th century, when it was held by the powerful Pringle family,[4] four of whom were killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. The tower passed, in 1745, to the Scotts of Harden, but they left the structure in 1800. The tower fell into a perilous condition but was partially restored in the 1980s and is now in the care of Historic Scotland.
In popular culture
- Smailholm appeared in the third case of Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator, in which the titular hero investigates the mysterious ritual murder of two local girls, and discovers a shocking secret about the town à la The Wicker Man.
- It features in the book by C.L. Williams titled Smailhom, in which thirteen-year-old Wynn discovers a miniature village hidden close to Smailholm Tower.[5]
See also
References
www.smailholm.bordernet.co.uk/
- ^ The Online Scots Dictionary
- ^ "History of Smailholm Near Kelso Scotland, Scottish Borders UK". Archived from the original on 9 June 2002.
- ^ "Smailholm Parish Church, Scottish Borders UK". Archived from the original on 17 April 2003.
- ^ "Smailholm Tower, Scottish Borders UK". Archived from the original on 25 June 2003.
- ^ "Smailholm - Troubador Book Publishing".
External links and further reading
- Smailholm village website
- RCAHMS/Canmore record for the Manor of Smailholm
- RCAHMS/Canmore record for Smailholm church
- RCAHMS record for Parish of Smailholm
- SCRAN image: Smailholm tower
- Statistical Accounts of Scotland
- Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland edited by Francis Groome