History of Stichill

Stichill Village

Articles about Stichill's History

Name - Origin unsure - may be from Old English 'stycce' meaning a piece. In the past, other spellings of Stichill were used.

Graveyard Record - Recorded by the Borders Family History Society in Volume XIII 'Stichill & Hume' of their Roxburghshire Monumental Inscriptions. Available by post from McGregor's Scottish Borders Books, Kelso (01573 225309)

Famous People Associated

• Rev George Ridpath - diarist and historian.
• Sir John Pringle and the Pringle family.
• James Dickson - merchant, philanthropist and agricultural improver.
• Rev George Gunn
• The Bairds of Stichill, George Baird and Lillie Langtry - the "Jersey Lily"

Further Reading - 'Stichill in Dissent' by Audrey Mitchell (OP). An insight into church life at the time of the Disruption, as it affected Stichill.
'The Early History of Stichill' by the Rev Gunn. in Berwickshire Naturalists 15.
'One of Zion's Gates' by Rev DR Gaddes (1996)

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