Stichill

Stichill

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Stichill
latitude=55.550
longitude=-2.84002
map_type=Scotland
population =
os_grid_reference= NT713383
unitary_scotland= Scottish Borders
lieutenancy_scotland= Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
constituency_westminster= Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
constituency_scottish_parliament= Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
post_town= Kelso
postcode_district=
postcode_area=TD
dial_code=

Stichill is a village in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles to the north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream.Stichill is a constituent part of a parish that includes the nearby settlements of Hume and Ednam.

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. [Balfour Paul, "Scots Peerage Vol V" pp291-2]

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 Smailholm. Robert Pringle of Bartingbush 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 present laird is Lt-Gen Sir Steuart Robert Pringle, KBC, 10th Baronet.Please visit: * [http://www.clanpringle.org.uk ClanPringle.org.uk]

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*Balfour Paul, Sir James, "The Scots Peerage IX Vols". Edinburgh 1907


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