Ecclefechan
Ecclefechan photos (12 available)
Ecclefechan maps (1 available)
Map of Dumfriesshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
See this old map of Dumfriesshire
Ecclefechan books (2 available)
Ecclefechan memories
Read and share memories of Ecclefechan and Dumfriesshire inspired by Frith photos
Hoddam School
I remember going to Hoddam School when Sydney Hope was the Head Master. I remember him being a very fair and nice person. There was a Mrs McBride and a Mrs Davidson that taught there. My Name was Morrison back then. I remember going to Watson's and The Mace for sweeties. I know that the school is no longer there which I think is a shame. It has been a long time since I last was there. I live in Vancouver, Canada now.
Contributed by Marjory Mitford
Dumfriesshire memories
Hoddam School
I remember going to Hoddam School when Sydney Hope was the Head Master. I remember him being a very fair and nice person. There was a Mrs McBride and a Mrs Davidson that taught there. My Name was Morrison back then. I remember going to Watson's and The Mace for sweeties. I know that the school is no longer there which I think is a shame. It has been a long time since I last was there. I live in Vancouver, Canada now.
A memory of Ecclefechan contributed by Marjory Mitford
Childhood Memories
My Granny & Papa lived in the shepherds house in Kettleholm. William and Margaret Morrison. I loved to go and visit them or sleep over. I have lots of memories playing there as a child, watching my Papa bowling, or my dad, John Morrison and my uncle Keith Morrison play cricket at Castlemilk. My dad and uncle both worked for Castlemilk as mechanics. I remember having to be dragged to school by a boy who live close by, his name was Robert Davidson, I believe he is a policeman now. We lived at Beechwood by Castlemilk and I loved to play with Linda Hunter whose grandparents lived next door. I remember exploring the castle grounds and finding overgrown gardens full ...read more here
A memory of Kettleholm contributed by Marjory Mitford
Mossknowe House -- Teackle Mansion in the US
I live in the State of Maryland in the US and have never been to Scotland, although our family geneology has been traced there. My reason for writing is this house.
In my town of Princess Anne, Maryland, we have a house known as Teackle Mansion, built in 1802 by Littleton Dennis Teackle who toured Scotland in 1799 and was inspired by the architecture to recreate, to the best of his abilities, a Scottish manor house which he encountered. Mossknowe House is the one we (the historical society of Somerset County, Maryland) believe to be the one. I will provide you with a link to the Teackle Mansion in Princess Anne so you can see for ...read more here
A memory of Kirkpatrick Fleming contributed by First Name Last Name
Extracts From Ecclefechan & Dumfriesshire books
The writer and social historian Thomas Carlyle was born in this house in 1795. It had been built by Carlyle’s father and uncle just four years before—they were both stonemasons in the village. Carlyle left Ecclefechan when he was just 13, and walked almost 90 miles to Edinburgh to attend the university. He became one of the most respected of Victorian commentators on social philosophy, his views and opinions always conditioned by the childhood years he spent in this plain house and isolated rural community.
An extract from from"Scotland".