Hownam | |
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Hownam village centre | |
Location within the
Scottish Borders | |
OS grid reference | NT778191 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KELSO |
Postcode district | TD5 |
Dialling code | 01573 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Hownam or Hounam [1] is a small village and parish situated 8 miles east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border, in the former Roxburghshire.
Hownam lies south of Morebattle on the Kale Water. [2] The parish borders England and has, within its boundaries, the Roman road of Dere Street and the Pennymuir Roman camps. [2] Hownam first appears in the written charters in the 12th century. [2] The origin of the name is uncertain, but may indicate a tribal name, "the Hunas". [2] The village itself is a small group of houses in a row on one side of the road. [2] The village church is at the north end of the village. [2] The church was reshaped in the 1750s and further modernised in the 1840s, and again following a fire in 1907. [3]
Local nurseryman George Taylor was born at Hounam Grange in 1803. [4] He emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1855, and became known as George "Celery" Taylor because he introduced commercial celery growing to the United States. [4]
Hownam | |
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Hownam village centre | |
Location within the
Scottish Borders | |
OS grid reference | NT778191 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KELSO |
Postcode district | TD5 |
Dialling code | 01573 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Hownam or Hounam [1] is a small village and parish situated 8 miles east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border, in the former Roxburghshire.
Hownam lies south of Morebattle on the Kale Water. [2] The parish borders England and has, within its boundaries, the Roman road of Dere Street and the Pennymuir Roman camps. [2] Hownam first appears in the written charters in the 12th century. [2] The origin of the name is uncertain, but may indicate a tribal name, "the Hunas". [2] The village itself is a small group of houses in a row on one side of the road. [2] The village church is at the north end of the village. [2] The church was reshaped in the 1750s and further modernised in the 1840s, and again following a fire in 1907. [3]
Local nurseryman George Taylor was born at Hounam Grange in 1803. [4] He emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1855, and became known as George "Celery" Taylor because he introduced commercial celery growing to the United States. [4]