24-549: Megget Water is a river in the parish of Yarrow , Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland . The Water rises at Broad Law (2,760 ft), passes through Megget Reservoir and empties into St Mary's Loch . Places in the vicinity include Cappercleuch , Craigierig , Cramalt Tower, the Glengaber Burn, Meggethead Farm. The Megget area, formerly a parish united with Lyne, Scottish Borders ,
48-475: A border chief, by King James II , in consequence of the fall of the 8th Earl of Douglas (1452), but the family traced their descent back to a Sir Richard le Scott (1240–1285). Sir Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch (died 1552) distinguished himself at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (1547). His great-grandson Sir Walter was created Lord Scott of Buccleuch in 1606. Other subsidiary titles associated with
72-573: A river in Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yarrow, Scottish Borders Yarrow is a place and parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland and in the former county of Selkirkshire .The name "Yarrow" may derive from the Celtic word garw meaning "rough" or possibly share a derivation with the English name " Jarrow ". The parish mainly corresponds with
96-488: Is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created twice on 20 April 1663, first for James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth , and second suo jure for his wife Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch . Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II , was attainted after rebelling against his uncle King James II and VII , but his wife's title was unaffected and passed on to their descendants, who have successively borne
120-550: Is let, and has owned several other country houses and castles in the past. Its historic London residence was Montagu House, Whitehall , now demolished and replaced by the Ministry of Defence . William Montagu Douglas Scott, The Earl of Dalkeith, who became the 7th Duke of Buccleuch was elected President of St. Andrew's Ambulance Association in 1908. The Presidency of the Association (now St Andrew's First Aid) has been held by
144-600: Is of geological and archaeological interest, through stone artifacts at Henderland in the lower Megget valley (now in Wilton Lodge Museum, Hawick ), and discoveries of gold. A proclamation concerning gold mining in Scotland was made at Henderland in July 1576. Gold was property of the crown and was to be sold to the royal mint . 55°29′23″N 3°11′58″W / 55.4897°N 3.1994°W / 55.4897; -3.1994 This article related to
168-534: Is the main subject of much of The Lay of the Last Minstrel . The current Duke of Buccleuch, Richard Scott, the 10th Duke , is one of the largest private landowners in Scotland with some 200,000 acres (over 80,000 hectares) and chairman of the Buccleuch Group, a holding company with interests in commercial property, rural affairs, food, and beverages. The title originally comes from a holding in
192-559: The Duke of Buccleuch in 1851 instigated proceedings to have the southern part, in the Ettrick valley , disjoined from the parish and erected into a separate parish. The duke proposed to make over the chapel at Ettrickbridge , which he had built in 1839, to be the church of the new parish, to erect a suitable manse for the minister, and to bear the expense of the judicial separation proceedings. The new parish would extend to 9 miles in length up
216-536: The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon , the Duke of Argyll (who holds two dukedoms named Argyll), and the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon . The courtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir is Earl of Dalkeith ; and that of Lord Dalkeith's eldest son and heir is Lord Eskdaill . The novelist Sir Walter Scott , Bart., was directly descended of the Lords of Buccleuch. His family history, fancifully interpreted,
240-785: The Scottish Borders , near Selkirk . The family seats are Bowhill House , three miles from Selkirk, representing the Scott line; Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway , representing the Douglas line; and Boughton House in Northamptonshire, England, representing the Montagu line. These three houses are still lived in by the family and are also open to the public. The family also owns Dalkeith Palace in Midlothian, which
264-630: The 2nd Duke of Buccleuch in 1742. Until 1835, the Dukes also held lands in the West Riding of Yorkshire and the ancient title of Lord of Bowland . The Duke of Buccleuch is the hereditary chief of Clan Scott . The holder is one of only five people in the UK to hold two or more different dukedoms, the others being the Duke of Cornwall , Rothesay , and Cambridge (all currently held by the Prince of Wales ),
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#1732791984763288-672: The 7th Duke of Buccleuch. Most of the Dukes of Buccleuch (the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th) are buried in the Buccleuch Memorial Chapel in St. Mary's Episcopal Church , Dalkeith , Midlothian. The 2nd Duke (died 1751) is buried in Eton College Chapel. The most recent Dukes (the 8th and 9th) are buried among the ruins of Melrose Abbey in Melrose . Dukes of Buccleuch are invariably granted the honour of Knight of
312-767: The Boundary Commissioners transferred the Megget district from the Peeblesshire parish of Lyne and Megget to Yarrow (while Yarrow lost some detached and outlying parts to Peeblesshire parishes). The Megget valley lies to the west of St. Mary's Loch and Megget Water feeds into that loch. Much of the valley was flooded by Megget reservoir which was opened in September 1983. Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Buccleuch ( / b ə ˈ k l uː / bə- KLOO ), formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh ,
336-618: The Buccleuch family from that date. Sarah, Duchess of York , former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York , is a great-great-granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch . The 7th Duke of Buccleuch had a daughter, Alice , who married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (third son of King George V and uncle of Queen Elizabeth II ) in 1935, becoming a member of the British Royal Family . Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Prince William of Gloucester are grandsons of
360-515: The Dukedom of Buccleuch are: Earl of Buccleuch (1619), Earl of Dalkeith (1663) and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill (1619) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Duke also holds the two subsidiary titles of the attainted Dukedom of Monmouth , namely Earl of Doncaster (1663) and Baron Scott of Tindale (1663) (both in the Peerage of England), and several subsidiary titles associated with
384-403: The Dukedom of Queensberry, namely Marquess of Dumfriesshire (1683), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock (1682) (all in the Peerage of Scotland). The Earldom of Doncaster and Barony of Scott of Tindale had been forfeit at the time of the first Duke's attainder, but the titles were restored to
408-506: The banks of the Yarrow, which henceforth imparted its name to the parish. This site was adjacent to a pre-reformation chapel at Deuchar. However, the glebe remained on the north side of the loch, the same that was attached to St Mary's Chapel, now eight miles to the west of the kirk to which it belonged. The kirk was renovated in 1826, 1876 and 1906. However its interior was destroyed by fire in 1922, but restored following year. The area of
432-402: The furthermost boundaries. Yarrow parish now comes within the area of Ettrick and Yarrow Community Council The ecclesiastical parish (Church of Scotland) is now Ettrick and Yarrow parish, which includes the parishes of Yarrow, Kirkhope and Ettrick, all of whose churches are still used for services In the foundation charter of Selkirk Abbey, granted by King David in the twelfth century,
456-519: The native name is translated as Garua in Latin, which in later documents mutated into Zarof, Yharrow and Yara, before assuming its present form of Yarrow. The old name of the parish was St. Mary's or, in some records, St Mary of the Lowes, from its vicinity to two considerable lochs (Loch of the Lowes and St. Mary's Loch). In the year 1640, the parish church was moved from the vicinity of St. Mary's Loch to
480-478: The parish of Yarrow was formerly one of the most extensive in the south of Scotland, encompassing most of the valley of the Yarrow and a considerable part of that of the Ettrick. The shape was very irregular and, although the population was low (1,264 in 1841), it was difficult for the minister of the parish to reach many of them, both as regards distance and the want of roads and bridges. To ameliorate this problem,
504-548: The river Ettrick, be about 6 miles wide, with an area of about 50 square miles, population 600. The remaining portion of the parish of Yarrow would contain a population of about 670, extending in length to about 19 miles, and in breadth. The new parish was created and named Kirkhope, an old name for the Ettrickbridge area Thus the population of Yarrow Parish had reduced from 1,270 to 600 by this separation and it would fall further to 500 in 1901 and 402 in 1951. In 1891
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#1732791984763528-476: The river valley of Yarrow Water from its source in the west at St. Mary's Loch until its passes into the parish of Selkirk between Yarrowford and Broadmeadows, just upstream from Foulshiels. It has an area of 48,851 acres. It is bordered on the west and north by the parishes of Tweedsmuir , Peebles , Traquair and Innerleithen in Peeblesshire . On the east by Caddonfoot and Selkirk and on
552-525: The south by Kirkhope and Ettrick in Selkirkshire . St Mary's Loch is the principal loch of southern Scotland, being 3½ miles long and in some places thirty fathoms deep. The parish includes the settlements of Yarrow Feus and Yarrowford , as well as Yarrow itself, which is the site of the Kirk, Manse and former school. The Kirk has a central location in the parish and is about 10 miles distant from
576-654: The surnames Scott , Montagu-Scott , Montagu Douglas Scott and Scott again. In 1810, the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch inherited the Dukedom of Queensberry , also in the Peerage of Scotland , thus separating that title from the Marquessate of Queensberry . The substantial origin of the ducal house of the Scotts of Buccleuch dates back to the large grants of lands in Scotland to Sir Walter Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch,
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