Selkirk Auld Kirk
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Selkirk Auld Kirk
Image: © James Denham Taken: 29 May 2010
The auld (old) church, built in 1747, is thought to be at least the third church on the site and is widely believed to be Kirk o' the Forest where Robert Bruce and the rest of the Scottish nobility gathered in the aftermath of the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. The purpose of that meeting was to create William Wallace a knight of the realm, Guardian and Protector of Scotland. The church was falling in to decay by the mid 1800s when a new church was built in the town. the town of Selkirk said to come from Old English 'scheleschirche' meaning church in the woods.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.546414
Longitude
-2.841213