Haggis Highway: Lest We Forget - Smailholm Traditional Geocache
Haggis Highway: Lest We Forget - Smailholm
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This memorial was erected by the people of Smailholm parish in memory of those who fell in the Great War.
Smailholm, in keeping with most of the south eastern part of Scotland, was part of the ancient kingdom of Northumbria and was named from the Old English language as Smael Ham meaning narrow village. In early mediaeval times, the village was larger than it is now and was divided into three separate parts, East Third, West Third and Overtown. Sir Walter Scott, as a boy, was a regular visitor to his grandfather's farm at Sandyknowe. Captain Cook's mother Jean was born in Smailholm and married his father in Smailholm Church. Before the end of the 18th century, there were two schools in the village, a parochial school and a private establishment at Sandyknowe. St. Cuthbert is believed to have been born at Wrangham, a long disappeared village at New Smailholm. King Edward I of England passed through Smailholm in 1303 on his march to Lauder.
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