Cockburnspath

So that night he brought me to a place called Cockburnspath, where we lodged at an inn, the like of which I dare say, is. not in any of his Majesty's Dominions.

The Pennyles Pilgrimage Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor: Alias the Kings ... 1618

Helen's Church_ (Berwickshire), near Cockburnspath, now in ruins, was a Norman structure, with the exception of the W. gable wall

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

The farmers retaliated by setting up an opposition school in Cockburnspath, which survived for a few years; but it never flourished, for the common people believed in M'Gregor, whom they regarded as “a grand teacher,” as indeed he was.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903

He worked at his herding up till the day before he left for the University, in the end of October 1834; and then, starting in the middle of the night with William Christison, the Cockburnspath carrier, he trudged beside the cart that conveyed the box containing his clothes and his scanty stock of books all the thirty-five miles between Dunglass and Edinburgh.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903

From Cockburnspath another removal was made in the following year to Dunglass Mill; and at last, in 1831, the much travelled family, now increased to eight, found rest in a house within the Dunglass grounds, after the father had received the appointment of shepherd on the home-farm, which he held during the rest of his life.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903

Instead of being the Jock Cairns who had herded sheep on the braes of Dunglass, and had carried butter to the Cockburnspath shop, he was now, as his matriculation card informed him, “Joannes Cairns, Civis Academiae Edinburgeniae;” he was addressed by the professor in class as “Mr. Cairns,” and was included in his appeal to

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903

Cockburnspath is a village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, situated a little off the main road.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903

Their first removal was from Ayton Hill to Oldcambus Mains, in the parish of Cockburnspath, where they came into touch with the Dunglass estate and the Stockbridge Church, with both of which they were in after-years to have so close a connection.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903

John Cairns first went to Mr. M'Gregor's school when the family removed to Cockburnspath from Aikieside, and he made such progress that two years later, when he was ten years old, the master proposed that he should join a Latin class which was then being formed.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903

With this he could obtain a month's reading at the Cockburnspath library.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903