Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Ancrum, Scottish Gaelic: Alan Crom, a village in the Borders. Ancrum sits in a loop in the Ale Water which is where the name derives from, crooked land on the Ale. The Ale joins the River Teviot just to the south which in turn then flows past Monteviot House. On Peniel Heugh near Ancrum stands the Waterloo Monument. Places nearby include Bonjedward, Crailing, Jedburgh, Monteviot House, Roxburgh. The Roman Heritage Way and St. Cuthbert's Way pass by the heugh and the monument. The monument is a 150 foot tower, built between 1817 and 1824 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. It was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, after the original monument designed by William Burn collapsed. The area just north of the village was the site of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545. Chesters House is by the River Teviot near Ancrum. The area just north of the village was the site of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545. Robert Livingston the Elder, born 1654, died 1728, was born in Ancrum. He was the Secretary for Indian affairs of the New York Province and the first lord of Livingston Manor. Reverend John Livingston, born 1603, died 1672, was a leading Covenanter. He was Minister in Ancrum from 1648 to 1662 when he was exiled to the Netherlands.
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