Coldingham Historical

Mystery Cross

A visitor to the village, Nigel Fitton from Spain, sent in a couple of images of what appeared to be a buried cross on School Road

Drone Hill

The outbreak of WW2 first brought the RAF to Drone Hill Coldingham. Drone Hill was the first Chain Home Radar station in Scotland.

Secret Army

Little is know about Churchill's Secret Army, but they would have been a force to be reckoned with.

J Purvis Sasin

The 1676 sasine that has been a part of our family's collection of documents

Parish Priory

The Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. Sited in the village of Coldingham and was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland.

Priory History 1972

Copy of a book written by T D Thomson in 1972. The site of Coldingham Priory has been holy ground certainly for close on 900 years,

RAF Crosslaw

RAF Crosslaw was Home to 617 Signals Unit and was a Chain Home Extra Low Radar Station equipped with a Type 14 Radar.

Memories

Coldingham Memories by Gillian Foreman

TempleHall

Mansion House built by Robert Fitzroy Bell in 1897

The Writers Village

Coldingham has attracted writers and artists as visitors and residents for centuries.

Night to Remember

he steamer Alfred Erlandsen, bound for Grangemouth from Libau, in Denmark, ploughed on to the treacherous Ebbs Carr rocks in dense fog.

Priory Today

The Church of Scotland Parish of Coldingham & St Abbs is linked with nearby Eyemouth Parish.

Priory (Drone)

Drone View of the Priory (Video)

Drone Hill 1939

Drone Hill Chain Home Radar 1939 (Images/Info). Chain Home was a ring of coastal early warning radar stations.

Corps

Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War were set up to give warning of and to measure radioactivity in the event of air attacks in a future war.

Coldingham Folk

Weavers and Fishermen once upon a time. Once upon a time every house in the Bogan and many in Coldingham itself, were musical with the whir of the shuttle

Village Hall

Coldingham Public Hall was built in the early 1870's as a drill hall for the 1st Berwickshire Artillery Volunteers, has been recently refurbished.

Old Postcards (Video)

Besides text images can tell you equally a lot about the past. A collection of about 120 postcards of the district presented as a video.

Paces Through Time

Be assured that the walk is pleasant and the selected history of Coldingham fascinating.

Coldingham

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Mystery Cross

Drone Hill

Secret Army

J Purvis Sasin

Parish Priory

Priory History 1972

RAF Crosslaw

Memories

TempleHall

The Writers Village

Night to Remember

Priory Today

Priory (Drone)

Drone Hill 1939

Corps

Coldingham Folk

Village Hall

Old Postcards (Video)

Paces Through Time