Stichill

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Stichill
Stichill shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	NT713383
Council area	Scottish Borders
Lieutenancy area	Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Kelso
Postcode district	[[TD postcode area|]]
Police	Lothian and Borders
Fire	Lothian and Borders
Ambulance	Scottish
European Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 55°33′00″N 2°50′24″W / 55.55, -2.84002

Stichill is a village in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles to the north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream.

Stichill is a constituent part of a parish that includes the nearby settlements of Hume and Ednam.

Stichill is mentioned as a manor of Sir Thomas Randolph, later the Earl of Moray, when in 1308 it was considered forfeited to Edward I of England and granted to Adam Gordon.^[1]

Contents 1 Pringles 2 References 2.1 Notes 2.2 Sources

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The village lies in the historic territory of the Pringles, a notorious Riding family of Border Reivers. The Pringles of Stichill are a cadet branch of the Pringles of Smailholm. Robert Pringle of Bartingbush purchased the lands of Stichill in 1628, and his grandson, another Robert Pringle, was created 1st Pringle Baronet of Stichill, in the Baronetcy of Nova Scotia, in 1683. The present laird is Lt-Gen Sir Steuart Robert Pringle, KBC, 10th Baronet. Please visit: *ClanPringle.org.uk

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• Balfour Paul, Sir James, The Scots Peerage IX Vols. Edinburgh 1907