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{{Short description|Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland}}
{{About|the parish in Scotland|the locallity in Australia|Edrom, New South Wales}}
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'''Edrom''' is a parish and small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of [[Berwickshire]], now an administrative area of the  [[Scottish Borders]] region of [[Scotland]].
The rural parish of Edrom is in east central Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the parishes of Bunkle and [[Preston, Scottish Borders|Preston]] and [[Chirnside]], on the east by the Parishes of Chirnside, [[Hutton, Scottish Borders|Hutton]] and [[Whitsome]] and Hilton, on the south by the parishes of [[Whitsome]] and Hilton, [[Swinton, Scottish Borders|Swinton]] and [[Fogo, Scottish Borders|Fogo]] and on the west by the parishes of Langton and [[Duns, Scottish Borders|Duns]]. It includes the nearby village of [[Allanton, Scottish Borders|Allanton]].
==Locality==
Edrom lies three miles north-east of [[Duns, Scottish Borders|Duns]], and close to the [[Whiteadder Water]].
Nearby are [[Allanbank, Scottish Borders|Allanbank]], [[Allanton, Scottish Borders|Allanton]], the [[Blackadder Water]], [[Blanerne Castle]], [[Chirnside]], [[Chirnsidebridge]], [[Foulden, Scottish Borders|Foulden]], [[Gavinton, Berwickshire|Gavinton]], [[Hutton, Scottish Borders|Hutton]], [[Kimmerghame House, Berwickshire|Kimmerghame House]], [[Manderston|Manderston House]], [[Preston, Scottish Borders|Preston]],  [[Wedderburn Castle]], and
the former [[Kelloe House]].
==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]]; it is 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]] and the [[Whiteadder Water]] 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 architecture|Romanesque]] 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 musicians of varying ages and backgrounds run by John Gwilt, Jane and Christopher Cowan, where [[Steven Isserlis]] and [[Steven Doane]] trained in the 1970s. The school is no longer based at Edrom and is now called The Edrom Casals Centre.
==Berwickshire Railway==
Edrom had a railway station on the North British Railway's [[Berwickshire Railway]] (opened 1863). The railway line ran from [[Reston, Scottish Borders|Reston]] to [[Earlston]], joining the [[East Coast Main Line]] to the [[Waverley Line]].
A five span rounded arch railway bridge was built over the [[Whiteadder Water]], 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 [[Body snatching]] which resulted in a riot in Duns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk/resurrectionists.shtml|title=Dunse History Society|website=www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk|access-date=2018-08-30}}</ref>
==Notable people==
*[[George Buchan of Kelloe]] (1775–1856), Church of Scotland elder. Secretary to the Governor of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]].
*[[Alexander Christison]] (1751–1820), began his career as schoolmaster of Edrom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicsandclass.info/product/204/|title = Classics & Class » Alexander Christison: The Lammermuir Latinist}}</ref>
*[[Robert Fortune]] (1812–1880), botanist and plant hunter, was born in Edrom.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Fortune, Robert |volume= 20 |last= Boulger |first= George Simonds |author-link= George Simonds Boulger |pages = 50-51 |short=1}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of places in the Scottish Borders]]
*[[List of places in Scotland]]
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''Borders and Berwick'' by Charles Alexander Strang,  The Rutland Press, 1994, {{ISBN|1-873190-10-7}}
* ''The Buildings of Scotland - Borders'', by Kitty Cruft, John Dunbar and Richard Fawcett, Yale University Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0-300-10702-1}}
* Knight Frank (2002) Edrom House, Duns, Berwickshire: Sale particulars, Lauder. Held at RCAHMS
* National Library of Scotland, ''Memorials of a Border Family'', history of the Logan Home family
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120529125607/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/?action=do_search&p_type=PARISH&p_name=edrom&id=787&p_county=berwickshire RCAHMS record for Edrom Parish]
*[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=95539 RCAHMS record for Edrom Parish Church, Manse]
*[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=95543 RCAHMS record for Edrom House]
*[http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/cc474.pdf/$FILE/cc474.pdf FORESTRY COMMISSION: Response to Consultation on Forestry Provision in the Scottish Climate Change Bill, from Edrom, Allanton and Whitsome Community Council]
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/122162 GEOGRAPH image of Edrom Norman Arch]
*[http://guide.visitscotland.com/vs/guide/5,en,SCH1/objectId,INF50681Svs,curr,GBP,season,at1,selectedEntry,home/home.html VisitScotland: Edrom Nurseries]
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