- Stichill
infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Stichill
latitude=55.550
longitude=-2.84002
map_type=Scotland
population =
os_grid_reference= NT713383
unitary_scotland=Scottish Borders
lieutenancy_scotland=Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
constituency_westminster= Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
constituency_scottish_parliament= Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
post_town=Kelso
postcode_district=
postcode_area=TD
dial_code=Stichill is a village in the historic county of
Roxburghshire , a division of theScottish Borders . Situated 2 miles to the north of the Burgh ofKelso , Stichill lies north of theEden Water and 5 miles from the English Border atColdstream .Stichill is a constituent part of a parish that includes the nearby settlements ofHume andEdnam .Stichill is mentioned as a manor of Sir Thomas Randolph, later the
Earl of Moray , when in 1308 it was considered forfeited toEdward I of England and granted to Adam Gordon. [Balfour Paul, "Scots Peerage Vol V" pp291-2]Pringles
The village lies in the historic territory of the
Pringle s, a notorious Riding family of BorderReiver s. The Pringles of Stichill are a cadet branch of the Pringles of Smailholm. Robert Pringle of Bartingbush purchased the lands of Stichill in 1628, and his grandson, another Robert Pringle, was created 1st Pringle Baronet of Stichill, in the Baronetcy of Nova Scotia, in 1683. The present laird is Lt-Gen Sir Steuart Robert Pringle, KBC, 10th Baronet.Please visit: * [http://www.clanpringle.org.uk ClanPringle.org.uk]References
Notes
ources
*Balfour Paul, Sir James, "The Scots Peerage IX Vols". Edinburgh 1907
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