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Edrom is a small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire

Berwickshire

Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...

, now an administrative area of 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...

region 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...

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Edrom is also a rural Parish of east central Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the Parishes of Bunkle and Preston

Preston, Scottish Borders

Preston is a small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland....

and Chirnside

Chirnside

Chirnside is a hillside village in Berwickshire in Scotland, west of Berwick-upon-Tweed and east of Duns.-Notables:David Hume, the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, lived in Ninewells House, just south of the village...

, on the east by the Parishes of Chirnside, Hutton

Hutton, Scottish Borders

Hutton is a small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It is a traditional, country village surrounded by farmland.-Locality:...

and Whitsome

Whitsome

Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Leitholm, Ladykirk and Swinton.-Place-name meaning:...

and Hilton, on the south by the Parishes of Whitsome

Whitsome

Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Leitholm, Ladykirk and Swinton.-Place-name meaning:...

and Hilton, Swinton

Swinton, Scottish Borders

Swinton is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is in the former county of Berwickshire, around south-east of Duns, and north-west of the Anglo-Scottish border.-History:...

and Fogo

Fogo, Scottish Borders

Fogo is a village in the county of Berwickshire, in the Borders of Scotland, 3 miles south of Duns, on the Blackadder Water.The name Fogo means "foggage pit, den or hollow"....

and on the west by the Parishes of Langton and Duns

Duns

Duns is the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.-Early history:Duns law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfort at its summit...

. It includes the nearby village of Allanton

Allanton, Scottish Borders

Allanton is a small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland....

Locality

Edrom lies three miles north-east of Duns

Duns

, and close to the Whiteadder Water

Whiteadder Water

Whiteadder Water is a river in East Lothian and Berwickshire, Scotland. It also flows for a very short distance through Northumberland before joining the River Tweed...

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Nearby are Allanbank

Allanbank, Scottish Borders

Allanbank is a village near Allanton, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire.Allanbank Chapel was dedicated to St...

, Allanton

Allanton, Scottish Borders

Allanton is a small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland....

, the Blackadder Water

Blackadder Water

Blackadder Water is a river in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, forming part of the River Tweed system.Rising in the Harecleugh Forest plantation just south of the Twin Law cairns, north of the village of Westruther. The headwaters of the Blackadder join with those of the...

, Blanerne Castle

Blanerne Castle

Blanerne Castle is the remains of a 16th-century fortified house, located in the grounds of Blanerne House, an 18th-century country house between Chirnside and Preston in the Scottish Borders. The house and castle sit on the north bank of the Whiteadder Water, around north-east of Duns. The house...

, Chirnside

Chirnside

, Chirnsidebridge, Foulden

Foulden

Several settlements share the name Foulden:*Foulden, Norfolk, England*Foulden, Scottish Borders, Scotland*Foulden, Queensland, Australia...

, Gavinton

Gavinton, Berwickshire

Gavinton is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, south-west of Duns, the former county town of Berwickshire. The hamlet sits on a minor road off the A6105 Duns-to-Greenlaw road at .-History:...

, Hutton

Hutton, Scottish Borders

, the former Kelloe House

Kelloe House

Kelloe House was a country house in the former Berwickshire, in the Parish of Edrom, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.The house is now demolished. Kelloe Mains and Kelloe Bridge remain.-See also:*Kelloe in County Durham*Allanbank*Allanton...

, Kimmerghame House

Kimmerghame House, Berwickshire

Kimmerghame House is a 19th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders, located south-east of Duns by the Blackadder Water. It is the home of the Swintons of Kimmerghame. The house was designed in the Scottish Baronial style by David Bryce in 1851...

, Manderston

Manderston

Manderston House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, is the home of Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer. It was completely rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 and has sumptuous interiors with a silver plated staircase...

House, Preston

Preston, Scottish Borders

Preston is a small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland....

, Wedderburn Castle

Wedderburn Castle

Wedderburn Castle, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, is an 18th century country house. It is the historic family seat of the Home of Wedderburn family, cadets of the Home family .-History:...

The Village

The village contains several notable buildings, including the Manse, 1881, and the former school, early 19th century. The schoolroom, now the Village Hall, is very likely the Sewing School erected in 1866.

Edrom Newton Farm, with a neo-Jacobean steading, is a late 18th or early 19th century farm house built by Richard Miller of Manderston

Manderston

. Notable for its pavilions with Venetian windows.

Edrom Farm Cottages are a stylish group of neo-Jacobean cottages, 1876, just to the east of the steading.

Two bridges, Kelloe Bridge and Todheugh Bridge, cross the Blackadder Water

Blackadder Water

and the Whiteadder Water

Whiteadder Water

Whiteadder Water is a river in East Lothian and Berwickshire, Scotland. It also flows for a very short distance through Northumberland before joining the River Tweed...

respectively.

Parish Church

A parish church was granted to Durham Cathedral in the early 12th century.

The Logan Aisle, to the west of the church, contains what is described as the finest piece of Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...

architectural sculpture in Scotland - the reset doorway from the main church. This dates from the 12th century, and is now somewhat worn.

Edrom House

Thought to date from circa 1740, and a somewhat dated design for that time, Edrom House is a simple classical rectangular piend-roofed house. A design introduced by Sir William Bruce in the 17th century.

Edrom House was the home of the International Cello Centre, a residential school for talented young musicians run by Jane and Christopher Cowan, where Steven Isserlis

Steven Isserlis

Steven Isserlis CBE is a British cellist. He is distinguished for his diverse repertoire, distinctive sound and total command of phrasing. He studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and was much influenced by the great iconoclast of Russian cello playing, Daniil Shafran...

and Steven Doane

Steven Doane

Steven Doane is an American cellist and recitalist.Internationally acclaimed as a soloist, chamber musician, and master teacher, Steven Doane maintains an active performance schedule throughout the U.S and Europe. Starting cello at a young age, his principal teachers included Richard Kapuscinski,...

trained in the 1970s.

Berwickshire Railway

Edrom had a railway station on the North British Railway's Berwickshire Railway (opened 1863). The railway line ran from Reston

Reston, Scottish Borders

Reston is a village located in the southeast of Scotland, in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders region. The village lies on the western bank of the Eye Water.- Location :...

to Earlston

Earlston

Earlston , formerly Ercildoune, is a civil parish and market town in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is situated on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland.-Early history:...

, joining the East Coast Main Line

East Coast Main Line

The East Coast Main Line is a long electrified high-speed railway link between London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh...

to the Waverley Line

Waverley Line

The Waverley Line is an abandoned double track railway line that ran south from Edinburgh in Scotland through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders to Carlisle in England. It was built by the North British Railway Company; the first section, from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849. The final section,...

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A five span rounded arch railway bridge was built over the Whiteadder Water

Whiteadder Water

Whiteadder Water is a river in East Lothian and Berwickshire, Scotland. It also flows for a very short distance through Northumberland before joining the River Tweed...

, in the hamlet of Chirnsidebridge, in 1863 to carry the railway.

Edrom Railway Station was closed to passenger traffic 10 September 1951. Freight continued until 19 July 1965. The station had a single platform. The station building, platform and goods shed remain intact.

Body Snatching

Edrom was notable as the site of a notorious incident of Body Snatching in 1826, which resulted in a riot in Duns.

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