Old photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery in Duns in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Duns Parish Church stands in the heart of Berwickshire’s county town. The first record of a church in Duns dates to 1116. Most of the present building dates from 1880, replacing the previous church which burnt down the year before, although the spire is of the previous church, built in 1790. Designed by Wardrop & Reid, the 1880 church is a T-plan building with added porches and a hall. The 1790 tower has classical details and is topped with an octagonal stone spire. This Scottish town was created a Burgh of Barony in 1490 by King James IV for John and George Hume of Ayton, and the townsfolk were given the right to hold a market every Wednesday, and to hold a week long annual fair between Pentecost and Trinity Sunday. Duns suffered badly in cross border raiding and feuding, and was burned to the ground three times within 14 years, in 1544, 1545 and 1558 during the war of the Rough Wooing.
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