Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Parish church, Ednam
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland .
Places nearby include Stichill , Sprouston , Nenthorn , Eccles , Gordon , Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle .
The village was formerly in Roxburghshire . Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on Eden Water .
Near the village is a knoll called The Piper's Grave. It is named after a legend that a local piper once went searching for fairies in the hill, and was never seen again.[1]
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References
^ Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain . Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 419. ISBN 9780340165973 .
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