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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Selkirk
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
OpeningTime1
10:00 to 16:00
OpeningDate1
17/9/2016
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
10688
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
The Kirk Wynd
Postcode
TD7 4AW
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Auld Kirkyard
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
scottishborders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
809
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.54634,-2.84115;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The ruins of the Auld Kirk are those of the 5th (or maybe 6th) church to stand on this site since the earliest recorded church here in 1152 AD.</p><p>Many of the early Kings of Scots came to hunt in Selkirk Forest and their parliaments were held 'apud Scheleskirke'.</p><p>William Wallace, the Scottish patriot was proclaimed 'Guardian of Scotland' within the Kirk in March 1298.</p><p>The restored Murray Aisle contains the remains of the Murrays of Philiphaugh, one of whose members was a maternal ancestor of President Franklin D Roosevelt, USA.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1748