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Ecclefechan
Summary
Ecclefechan (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Fheichein) is a small village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland.
The village is famous for being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle.
Ecclefechan lies in the valley of the Mein Water, a tributary of the River Annan, south of Lockerbie, north of Annan and northwest of the English border. The A74(M) motorway runs immediately north of the village and Junction 19 is just northwest of the village.
The High Street of the village has a burn which runs through a culvert below it. This culvert was constructed in 1875 by Dr George Arnott at his own expense.
The name Ecclefechan was recorded as Egilfeichane in 1507, and is of Brittonic origin. The first element is eglẹ:s, meaning "a church" (c.f. Welsh eglwys). The second element is the equivalent of Welsh fechan, meaning "little". Comparable Welsh toponyms include Eglwysfach and Llanfechan.
A lesser likelihood is that the name commemorates Féchín of Fore, a 7th-century Irish saint.
Ecclefechan is in the parliamentary constituency of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, David Mundell is the current Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP).
Ecclefechan is part of the South Scotland region in the Scottish Parliament, being in the constituency of Dumfriesshire. Oliver Mundell of the Conservatives is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).
Before Brexit for the European Parliament its residents voted to elect Members of the European Parliament (MEP)s for the Scotland constituency.
For Local Government purposes, it belongs to the "Annandale East + Eskdale Ward" of the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area. The village does not have its own Parish Council.
Thomas Carlyle's birthplace "The Arched House" is a tourist attraction and has been maintained by the National Trust for Scotland since 1936. According to letters from Carlyle written to Charles Gavin Duffy in the summer of 1846, his mother's farm in Ecclefechan was at that time located in Scotsbrig (Charles Gavin Duffy, 'Conversations with Carlyle, NY: Scribner's Son, 1892, pp.
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