IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Bonchester Bridge, HAWICK, TD9 8JU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to TD9 8JU by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (29 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
The house on the hill
At Hobkirk. I can only imagine this is or was the manse.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 15 Jun 2010
0.03 miles
2
Hobkirk
Hobkirk village seen from the A6088, Bonchester Hill.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 11 Apr 2009
0.06 miles
3
Bonchester Hill from Hobkirk
Looking across pastures at Kirknowe to the W side of the hill, with Hill Plantation on the skyline. Note the top of Hobkirk Church tower lower R.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 19 Aug 2012
0.06 miles
4
A symbolic gravestone at Hobkirk Parish Churchyard
This stone near the west boundary wall displays a symbol of immortality in the form of a winged soul, while the horizontal hourglass, skull and bones are all symbols of mortality. Some of the inscription is still legible:
Here Lyes William and
Archibald Baray’s sons
to Walter Baray tenant
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 30 Oct 2023
0.07 miles
6
Hobkirk Parish Churchyard
The churchyard contains a good selection of headstones, obelisks and old symbolic stones. Part of the church is visible behind the yew tree.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 16 Aug 2008
0.08 miles
7
Hobkirk Church
Hobkirk Church dating back to 1862 and restored in 1914, has a great square tower with pyramidal roof, incorporating Romanesque fragments from the chancel arch of the old kirk of 1692. (Source: Borders and Berwick, An Illustrated Architectural Guide by Charles Alexander Strang)
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 30 Sep 2006
0.09 miles
9
The Rule Water
The small river passing the Hobkirk kirkyard.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 15 Jun 2010
0.09 miles
10
A symbolic gravestone at Hobkirk Parish Churchyard
The winged soul at the head of the stone is a symbol of immortality representing the human soul on the journey to Heaven to await the Day of Judgement. The crown and hammer is the symbol of the Hammerman’s Guild.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 30 Oct 2023
0.09 miles