Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Dryburgh gravestone in Scoonie Cemetery, Fife, Scotland. In affectionate a loving remembrance of Thomas Dryburgh, Leven, died 18th December 1934, aged 76.
This surname is of early medieval Scottish origin, and is a locational name from the lands of Dryburgh in the parish of Merton, Berwickshire, so called from the Olde English pre 7th Century " dryge ", dry, with " burg, burh ", fortified place, fort. As a second element in placenames, " burg " appears variously as borough, burgh, berry and bury. Frequently, the reference is to a British pre Roman fort, though sometimes an Anglo-Saxon fort is referred to. Dryburgh Abbey, a monastic ruin, dating from 1150, is in South West Berwickshire, and in St. Mary's Aisle is the tomb of Sir Walter Scott in the Borders, born 1771, died 1832. The surname development has included: Dribrucht and Driburch, Scotland, 1484 and 1550 respectively. On April 12th 1598, Janet Dryburghe and John Rogers were married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, and in 1680, one John Dryburgh was servitor to the Lord Sinclair.
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