Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of New Abbey, a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. The village has a wealth of history including the ruined Cistercian abbey Sweetheart Abbey, founded by Lady Devorgilla in 1273 in memory of her husband John Balliol. She kept his embalmed heart close to her for the rest of her life. The monks named the abbey dulce cor. meaning sweet heart. The village has a watermill, the New Abbey Corn Mill. Sir William Patterson, founder of the Bank of England, was buried in the village in 1719.
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