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Ellisland Farm lies
about 6.5 mi/10.4 km
northwest of
Dumfries near the
village of Auldgirth,
located in the
Parish of Dunscore,
Dumfries and Galloway...
- the new
farmhouse at
Ellisland. In
November 1790, he had
written his masterpiece, the
narrative poem "Tam O' Shanter". (The
Ellisland farm,
beside the river...
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Robert apparently sent his brother-in-law Adam
Armour at dead of
night to
Ellisland Farm in
November 1791 to
smash every window in the farm upon
which he...
- keen on
stone putting and
apparently left his
favourite putting stone at
Ellisland Farm near Dumfries. If he saw
anyone using it
whilst he
lived there he...
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strong ****ociations with
Robert Burns who
lived for a
while at the
nearby Ellisland farm. The
mansion house is unlisted,
however the
stables and hermitage...
- for Adam Smith,
James Armour's father-in-law. Adam met ****
Burnes at
Ellisland Farm as her
cousin Robert Burns had
taken her and her
brothers in after...
- In
February 1789
Robert Burns wrote from
Ellisland Farm to his cousin,
James Burnes in
Montrose from
Ellisland, saying: "We have lost poor
uncle Robert...
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William Kirkpatrick of
Ellisland and
Shaws (1705 – 17
October 1777) was a
Scottish lawyer,
academic and politician. He was born in 1705 at
Closeburn Castle...
- The Nith at
Ellisland Farm....
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having been "irregularly
married some
years ago". She and
Burns moved to
Ellisland Farm
where they sta****
until 1791 when they
moved to Dumfries,
where both...
