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Camping is free at the Centenary Park where there is a tennis/basketball court. The Branxholm Community Hal l has regular market and flower shows. Outdoor community events are showcased at the Public Recreation Grounds where there is an oval and netball court.
Branxholme Castle is a five-storey tower at Branxholme, about 3 miles south-west of Hawick in the Borders region of Scotland.. Image of Branxholm Tower from Robert Naylor and John Naylor, "From John O'Groats to Land's End."
The novelist Sir Walter Scott, a close friend and relative of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch, chose Branxholme as the setting for his book The Lay of the Last Minstrel.. The castle had been the hereditary seat of the Scotts of Buccleuch since the 15th century, and it was the centre of power in Upper Teviotdale, on one of the main historic routes south towards England.
5863 Henty Highway – Brae Park Homestead Complex 2–4 Brown Street – Remnant Garden 44–48 Brown Street – Former Post Office 45–47 Brown Street – Kookaburra Cafe 24–42 Elliot Street – Timber Cottage and Orchard 84–86 McNichol Street – Junction Hotel 91–97 McNichol Street – Prices Bakery, Shop and Residence
The old Branxholm railway station was purshased by a local resident and removed to where it now sits in a paddock on the outskirts of the town. It is being used to stroe farm equipment and hay. Camera manufacturer: Canon: Camera model: Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II: Author: EgCashion: Exposure time: 1/100 sec (0.01) F-number: f/10: ISO speed ...
K88 was dumped at Branxholme in 1927. She was retrieved in 1974 and returned to service in 1982 at Plains Vintage Railway.. Branxholme locomotive dump is a steam locomotive and wagon (rail car/vehicle) dump located on the eastern bank of the Ōreti River adjacent and just to the north of Southland's Wairio Branch Line in New Zealand.
Janet Beaton was immortalised by Sir Walter Scott in his narrative poem "Lay of the Last Minstrel" as Wizard Lady of Branxholm, who could '"bond to her bidding the viewless forms of air". Bothwell would go on to marry in 1566 Lady Jean Gordon a wealthy Highlander heiress, the sister of the 5th Earl of Huntly ; immediately following his divorce ...
Arms of Scott of Buccleuch: Or, on a bend azure a mullet of six points between two crescents of the first Sir Walter Scott, 1st of Branxholme, 3rd of Buccleuch (c. 1495 – killed 4 October 1552), known as "Wicked Wat", [1] was a nobleman of the Scottish Borders and the chief of Clan Scott who briefly served as Warden of the Middle March He was an "inveterate English hater" [2] active in the ...