Ednam

Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Floors Castle is nearby. The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on Eden Water.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Floors Castle and Kelso Abbey.

Floors Castle

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Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. Floors Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ednam.

Kelso Abbey

Cemetery

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Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey of monks in Kelso, Scotland. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I. Kelso Abbey is situated 2 miles south of Ednam.

Kelso Town Hall

Tourism office

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Kelso Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, Kelso, Scotland. The building, which was the headquarters of Kelso Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building. Kelso Town Hall is situated 2 miles south of Ednam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stichill and Sprouston.

Stichill

Village

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Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream. Stichill is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ednam.

Sprouston

Village

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Sprouston is a village, parish and former feudal barony in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, as well as the historic county of Roxburghshire, located 2 miles north-east of Kelso. Sprouston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Ednam.

Kelso

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Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.

Ednam

Type: Village with 140 residents
Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.62793° or 55° 37′ 41″ north

Longitude

-2.41867° or 2° 25′ 7″ west

Population

140

Elevation

144 feet (44 metres)

Open location code

9C7VJHHJ+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 384886948

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2650208

Wikidata ID

Q5340110

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Ednam” goes by many names.

Basque: “Ednam”
Dutch: “Ednam”
Esperanto: “Ednam”
French: “Ednam”
German: “Ednam”
Hebrew: “אדנאם”
Russian: “Эднам”
Scots: “Ednam”
Spanish: “Ednam”
Urdu: “ایڈنم”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ednam Parish Kirk and Ednam Village Hall.

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