Hownam
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 Hownam
Hownam shown within the Scottish Borders |
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| OS grid reference | NT778191 |
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| Council area | Scottish Borders |
| Lieutenancy area | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KELSO |
| Postcode district | TD5 |
| Dialling code | 01573 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
| Scottish Parliament | Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire |
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Hownam is a small village and parish situated 8 miles east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border, in the former Roxburghshire.
Hownam lies south of Morebattle on the Kale Water.[1] The parish borders England and has, within its boundaries, the Roman road of Dere Street and the Pennymuir Roman camps.[1] Hownam first appears in the written charters in the 12th century.[1] The origin of the name is uncertain, but may indicate a tribal name, "the Hunas".[1] The village itself is a small group of houses in a row on one side of the road.[1] The village church is at the north end of the village.[1] The church was reshaped in the 1750s and further modernised in the 1840s, and again following a fire in 1907.[2]
Local nurseryman George Taylor was born at Hounam Grange in 1803.[3] He emigrated to Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1855, and became known as George "Celery" Taylor because he introduced commercial celery growing to the United States.[3]
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