Westruther

Coordinates: 55°44′31″N 2°35′04″W / 55.74194°N 2.58444°W / 55.74194; -2.58444
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Westruther
The village of Westruther
Westruther is located in Scottish Borders
Westruther
Westruther
Location within the Scottish Borders
OS grid referenceNT633500
Council area
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGORDON
Postcode districtTD3
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55°44′31″N 2°35′04″W / 55.74194°N 2.58444°W / 55.74194; -2.58444

Westruther is a village on the B6465, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the lower slopes of the Lammermuir Hills, in the former Berwickshire. The largest town nearby is Gordon.

Places nearby include Duns, Greenlaw, the Lammermuir Hills, Longformacus and the Watch Water Reservoir.

The Auld Kirk at Westruther

The ruined kirk dates from 1649 and contains the tombs of the Spottiswoode family. A prominent member of the family was Alicia Ann Spottiswoode a.k.a. Lady John Scott of "Annie Laurie" fame. There is a stained glass window in her honour in the "new" kirk dating from 1834.

Very Rev William Wilson (1808-1888) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1866 was born and raised in the village.

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