NT8655 : Chirnside Parish Church graveyard
near to Chirnside, Scottish Borders, Great Britain

Chirnside Parish Church graveyard
An interesting mix of headstones at the corner of the square. 4 squares converge in this graveyard. The kirkyard was the site of a famous resurrection in 1764 when Marjorie Halcrow Erskine, the second wife of the Revd Ebenezer Erskine, was laid to rest in a shallow grave by the sexton who later returned to steal her jewellery. While he was trying to cut off her finger to steal a ring, the corpse awoke and dashed off across the kirkyard to the manse door, which she pleaded the minister to open ‘For I’m fair clemmed wi’the cauld.’ Apparently, in her additional years of life, she gave birth to two sons. The fate of the sexton is not known
- Grid Square
- NT8655, 3 images (more nearby - lo-fi)
- Photographer
- Walter Baxter (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Supplemental image
- Date Taken
- Friday, 29 August, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 31 August, 2008
- Category
- Churchyard (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NT 8695 5598 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:47.8160N 2:12.5829W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
NT 8695 5598 - View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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