Oxnam is a village near 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 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...

 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

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. It is a primarily residential town.

The placename Oxnam is from Old English oxa (genitive oxan) "oxen" and ham "village", the meaning being "village where ox are bred". The name was recorded as Oxenamm in 1148, and sometimes known as Oxenham.

Current local placenames include Oxnam Green, Oxnam Kirk, Oxnam Mains, Oxnam Neuk, Oxnam Pond, Oxnam Row, Oxnam Sawmill, and Oxnam School.

Dere Street

Dere Street

Dere Street or Deere Street, was a Roman road between Eboracum and Veluniate, in what is now Scotland. It still exists in the form of the route of many major roads, including the A1 and A68 just north of Corbridge.Its name corresponds with the post Roman Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira, through...

 passes through the village.
Other places nearby include Bairnkine

Bairnkine

Bairnkine is a village on the Jed Water in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A68, south of Jedburgh.Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bedrule, Mervinslaw, Camptown, Langlee, Chesters, and Oxnam.-External links:****...

, Camptown

Camptown

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, Crailing

Crailing

Crailing is a village on the A698, in Teviotdale, 4m east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.Places nearby include Ancrum, Crailinghall, Eckford, Hownam, Kelso, Nisbet, Roxburghshire, the Oxnam Water, the River Teviot.Rory Bremner bought Crailing House...

, 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...

, Hownam, Kelso, Newbigging.

Reference

• Margary, I D (1957), 'Roman roads in Britain: north of the Foss Way - Bristol channel (including Wales and Scotland)', London.

External links

• RCAHMS record of Oxnam Parish
• RCAHMS/Canmore record for Oxnam churchyard
• SCRAN image: Oxnam churchyard, gravestone commemorating William Elliott

• Historic Building Recording: Steading Buildings, Swinside Townhead Farm, Oxnam

• Oxnam Kirk website