Dryburgh Abbey With Music On History Visit To The Borders Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Dryburgh Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Scottish Borders. Located near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. The Abbey was founded in 1152 by Premonstratensian monks, Augustinians, also known as White Canons, on a site made sacred by Saint Modan around 600. It was founded by monks from Alnwick on land owned by Hugh de Moreville, the father of one of the assassins of Saint Thomas Becket. The Abbey was burned by English troops in 1322, after which it was restored and used by Robert I of Scotland. It was again burned in 1385, but it flourished in the fifteenth century. It was finally destroyed in 1544, briefly to survive until the Reformation, when it was given to the Earl of Mar by James VI of Scotland. The Earl of Buchan bought the land in 1786. Sir Walter Scott and Douglas Haig are buried in its grounds. St Modan was the son of an Irish chieftain. He actively proselytised on behalf of the Celtic church in the Falkirk and Stirling areas, and along the Forth, continuing until he was elected abbot, a post which he accepted reluctantly. After a number of years he resigned and became a hermit, settling in the Dumbarton area, where he would die. His relics were enshrined at Saint Modan's church, Rosneath. His feast day is February 4. The surname Dryburgh was first found in Berwickshire. Spelling variations of this family name include: Dryburgh, Dribrough, Drybrough and others. Jane Dryburgh, a Scottish settler travelled from Glasgow aboard the ship Sevilla arriving in Bluff, Southland, South Island, New Zealand on 4th September 1864; James Dryburgh settled in Pennsylvania, America, in 1773; Andrew Dryburgh settled in Pennsylvania, America, in 1828; Walter Dryburgh landed in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, America, in 1870; James Dryburgh landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania, America, in 1873. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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