Hobkirk
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Hobkirk (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Ruail) is a village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Rule Water, south-west of Jedburgh and south-east of Hawick.
Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bonchester Bridge, Camptown, Hallrule, Bedrule, Southdean, Denholm, Ruberslaw, and the Wauchope Forest.
Hobkirk was sometimes known as "Hopekirk". Part of the parish of Abbotrule was annexed to Hobkirk in 1777. The present parish church was built in 1869.
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Hobkirk church
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Rule Water
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Hobkirk church
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The Rule Water
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- RCAHMS record for Hobkirk Parish
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Map of the Parish of Hobkirk
- Old Roads of Scotland: Hobkirk to Carter Bar
- GENUKI: Hobkirk, formerly Hopekirk
- Hobkirk Church of Scotland
- Parish of Hobkirk and Southdean with Ruberslaw
Coordinates: 55°23′24″N 2°39′15″W / 55.38998°N 2.65414°W
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