Old photograph of cottages and houses in Ecclefechan Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village lies in the valley of the Mein Water, a tributary of the River Annan, just five miles north of Annan and eight miles northwest of the border with England. Thomas Carlyle the essayist, satirist and historian was born in Ecclefechan on 4th of December 1795 at The Arched House. Carlyle left Ecclefechan at the age of 13 and walked the 84 miles to Edinburgh in order to attend university. In 1828 Carlyle moved to Craigenputtock with his wife Jane. He never forgot his roots and insisted that Ecclefechan should become his final resting place. He was buried in Ecclefechan churchyard cemetery on 5th February 1881. Archibald Arnott, born 1772, died 1855, was Napoleon's doctor on St Helena, he was born in Ecclefechan on 18 April 1772 at Kirconnel Hall. He returned to Ecclefechan in his retirement and he was also buried in the Ecclefechan churchyard cemetery. William Harkness, born 1837, died 1903, who was an astronomer was born at Ecclefechan.
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