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Crailing is a village on the A698, in Teviotdale, 4m east of Jedburgh

Jedburgh

Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...

in the Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...

area of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, in the former Roxburghshire

Roxburghshire

Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Dumfries to the west, Selkirk to the north-west, and Berwick to the north. To the south-east it borders Cumbria and Northumberland in England.It was named after the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh...

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Places nearby include Ancrum

Ancrum

Ancrum is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, north of Jedburgh and south of St Boswells....

, Crailinghall

Crailinghall

Crailinghall is a village near Oxnam in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.Crailinghall is on the route of the St. Cuthbert's Way and the Roman Heritage Way.-See also:*List of places in the Scottish Borders...

, Eckford

Eckford

- Place Names :* Eckford Township, Michigan, USA* Eckford, Scottish Borders, Roxburghshire, Scotland- Sports :* Eckford of Brooklyn, an American baseball club from 1855 to 1872 in Brooklyn, New York- People :...

, Hownam, Kelso, Nisbet, Roxburghshire

Nisbet, Roxburghshire

Nisbet is a small village on the B6400, in Roxburghshire, along the River Teviot, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located north of Jedburgh and south of Roxburgh....

, the Oxnam Water, the River Teviot

River Teviot

The River Teviot, or Teviot Water, is a river of the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and a tributary of the River Tweed.It rises in the western foothills of Comb Hill on the border of Dumfries and Galloway...

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Rory Bremner

Rory Bremner

Roderick "Rory" Keith Ogilvy Bremner, FKC is a Scottish impressionist, playwright and comedian, noted for his work in political satire...

bought Crailing House near Jedburgh in September 2009.

Notable people and events

Robert Aitken (preacher)
Robert Aitken (preacher)
Robert Aitken was a Scottish popular preacher from Crailing, near Jedburgh.-Biography:Almost before he had attained to manhood he became a school-master in Sunderland, and, whilst living in the village of Whitburn near that town, was ordained as deacon in 1823 by Bishop Van Mildert...

(1800-1873)

Crailing played an important role in the early history of Clan Oliphant
Clan Oliphant
-Origins of the clan:The earliest record of the name was Osbernus Olifardus circa 1046 in Normandy.The first known Oliphant landholding was in England at Lilleford in Northampton by the family of David Olifard, who is commonly held to be the progenitor of the clan...

. David Olifard, who is commonly held to be the progenitor of the clan, in 1141 got lands at Crailing from King David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland
David I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later King of the Scots...

whose life David Olifard had saved.

External links

British Listed Buildings: West Lodge, Crailing House, Crailing

BBC, WW2 People's War: Article ID: A6204502

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