IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Halywell Hill, SELKIRK, TD7 4AD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Halywell Hill, TD7 4AD by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (252 Images Found)
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Statue of Souter, Selkirk
Souter is the Scots name for shoemaker.
Shoemaking was the main trade in Selkirk until the textile trade arrived - the Shoemakers' Guild was founded in 1609 and survived until the 1960s. The trade lived on until 1975 when John Guthrie, the last shoemaker, retired. This statue on Kirk Wynd in the area known as Selkirk Regis is a monument to the great tradition. Many people surnamed Souter still live in Selkirk.
(Information from Town Trail booklet.)
Image: © Barbara Carr
Taken: 3 Jun 2013
0.02 miles
2
Fleshmarket Close
Steps leading from the Market Place up to Netherview and Back Row.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 18 Apr 2011
0.02 miles
3
The Square, Selkirk, Scottish Borders
The statue of Sir Walter Scott, the father of the novel. Sir Walter, a legal counsel, was the Sheriff of Selkirkshire for many years. The Sheriff Court is in the background.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 24 Mar 2008
0.03 miles
4
Kirk Wynd, Selkirk
Modern housing on the hill above the Market Place; the hills in the background are across the Tweed.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 30 Dec 2010
0.04 miles
5
A symbolic gravestone at Selkirk Auld Kirk graveyard
This stone shows the deceased wearing a coat together with a death head’s skull and hourglass which are symbols of mortality. The inscription details on the other side of the stone have weathered away.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 22 Nov 2015
0.04 miles
6
A carrion crow in the graveyard
The bird was on a table tomb at Selkirk Auld Kirk Graveyard.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 15 Oct 2023
0.04 miles
7
Selkirk Auld Kirk and graveyard
The ruined church on the left is on the site of the Kirk o’ The Forest. The clock tower and spire of the Court House is in the background on the right. There are some interesting symbolic stones in the graveyard.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 22 Nov 2015
0.04 miles
8
The Kirk o' the Forest
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 29 May 2010
0.04 miles
9
Market Place, Selkirk
Photographed on a very overcast day, this shows the 3 main features of the Market Place
The square Pant Well (built in 1898) still marks the commercial centre of the medieval burgh.
Just left of centre stands the large statue of Sir Walter Scott, erected in 1839.
Behind the statue is the courtroom in which Sir Walter Scott acted as Sheriff of Selkirk from 1799 until his death in 1832. It is now a museum which explores his life, his writings and especially his time as a Sheriff.
Image: © G Laird
Taken: 26 Apr 2009
0.04 miles
10
A Selkirk skyline from the Kirk'o' the Forest
Image: © Iain Lees
Taken: 12 Dec 2009
0.04 miles