Borders Buses 62/X62 from Edinburgh/Galashiels stop in the town. If you are coming from the west (via Peebles), we are on the right-hand side of the street, almost directly opposite the Bank of ...

This cosy four-room cottage is where Burns was born and lived until the age of seven. Take a look at the tiny box bed that young Robert shared with three of his siblings. Burns and his family lived ...

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Nithsdale's welcome hame. 2 eight-line verses. Robert Burns wrote this poem for Lady Winifred Maxwell Constable (1736 - 1801) in celebration of her illustrious Jacobite family. William Maxwell, the ...

Glass churn with metal lid with handle to churn the contents. Glass stamped 'Blow Butter Churn 2/20. Made in England, 2 Imperial Quarts'. Pierced perforations on the lid. Wooden paddles inside the jar ...

J- McL -- Esquire, brother to a young Lady, a particular friend of the Author.- ...

It's tauld he was a Sodger bred, And ane wad rather faun than fled.

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