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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Biddes or Bidhouse Burn, a rivulet of Crawford parish, S Lanarkshire, rising on the SE slope of Tomont Hill (1652 feet), and running 1¾ mile north-eastward, till it falls into Evan Water, 7½ miles NW of Moffat. Its banks were the scene in 1592, of a sanguinary onslaught upon the Crichtons by the Johnstones of Wamphray, led by William Johnstone of Kirkhill. An old ballad says:
Then out spoke Willie of the Kirkhin,
Of fighting lads, ye'se hae your fiii;
And from his horse willie he lap,
And a burnished brand in his hand he gat.
Out through the Crichtons willie he ran.
And dang them down. baith horse and man,
O but the Johnstones were wondrous rude,
When the Biddes Burn ran three days blude.'
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a rivulet" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
| Administrative units: | Crawford ScoP Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | BIDDES | BIDDES OR BIDHOUSE BURN | BIDHOUSE BURN |
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