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Bedrule Church, Graveyard
Churchyard (Period Unassigned), Gravestone(S) (17th Century), Gravestone (18th Century)
Site Name Bedrule Church, Graveyard
Classification Churchyard (Period Unassigned), Gravestone(S) (17th Century), Gravestone (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bedrule Kirk
Canmore ID 96382
Site Number NT51NE 21.01
NGR NT 59922 17925
NGR Description Centered on NT 59922 17925
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96382
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Bedrule
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT51NE 21.01 Centred 5950 1793
Bedrule Church and Graveyard. The existing church is modern, but the following items are preserved within it. (A Inglis 1917)
The following tombstones are in the churchyard:
(1) A recumbent slab lying SE. of the church, on which is incised a sheild containing four pairs of initials, G T and H O accompanied by the date 1618, and I T and M T with the date 1638, as well as a device like a mallet head downwards. The lower part of the slab is occupied by a modern inscription commemorating members of the Davidson family.
(2) A large table-stone, probably of the early 18th century, standing on baluster legs, S of the church. The moulded edges are enriched with egg-and-dart ornament and probably cable ornament as well. On the upper surface a small shield, carved in relief, is charged: Within a bordure, a stag's head erased; in base a mullet for difference. This stone has not been inscribed.
(3) A second table-stone, side by side with the former, has a shield in the upper part, flanked by the initials G K and H T, and charged: A chevron, in base a battle-axe. Above the shield there runs a label, but the motto is illegible.
(4) A small headstone with scrolled top, also S of the church, bears on one side a palm branch and a human head, and below them the inscription: HERE LYES ELIZABETH / CHISHOLM WHO DIED / ANNO 1652 AND WAL/TER CHISHOLM WHO / DIED ANNO 1652 CHIL/ DREN TO WALTER CHISHOLM. The other side displays cornucopias and funerary emblems.
(5) A small headstone with a scrolled top, which stands near the gate giving entry from the manse, bears on one side the inscription : HERE LYES KETREN / SINKLER SPOWS TO / IOHN ALEXANDER / ANNO 1691. On the other side are funerary emblems.
Visited by RCAHMS 1933 and 1937
RCAHMS 1956
Idiomatic translation from the Latin of the chest tomb of Mr James Borland + 1713
JAMES BORLAND WAS A MAN OF STRAIGHT MIND, OPEN AND GENEROUS BY NATURE; DISTINGUISHED IN SCHOLARLY LEARNING, AS A YOUNG MAN HE SOUGHT THE WAY OF TRUTH THROUGH VARIED FORTUNE; HE CONTINUED STEADFAST AMID THE THE HOSTILITY OF THOSE PURSUING HIM; THEN AS AN OLDER MAN HE WAS MOST FAITHFUL AND SHOWED THE SAME EXAMPLE TO OTHERS; HE LIVED FOR MORE OR LESS 68 YEARS; HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CHURCH AT BEDRULE; HE DIED ON 23 MAY 1713.
Information from RCAHMS (NMC) November 2001
Photographic Record (1986)
Recording of gravestones in the churchyard of Bedrule Church, Roxburghshire, by Mrs Betty Willsher 1986.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
