Bedrule

Ruberslaw Parish Church, Bedrule

Bedrule (Scottish Gaelic: Ruail Bheathaig) is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, just east of the Rule Water which gave the village its name. It lies south of the A698 between Hawick and Jedburgh. Other local place-names based on the river include Hallrule, Abbotrule, Ruletownhead and Spittal-on-Rule. Larger settlements include Bonchester Bridge and Denholm, as well as Hawick and Jedburgh.

Bedrule lies on the path of the Borders Abbeys Way, a long-distance trail.

Bedrule Kirk

Clan Turnbull

Bedrule Kirk, a category B listed building, is linked with Denholm and Minto churches, and it has a memorial plaque with a link to the wartime Enigma Project:

"IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANCIS ANTHONY BLAIR FASSON, LIEUTENANT, G.C. R.N. - KILLED IN ACTION IN AN ENEMY SUBMARINE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 30TH OCTOBER 1942".

First Lieutenant of HMS Petard, Anthony Fasson (a native of Lanton, Scottish Borders) died while recovering Enigma code books from a sinking German submarine.

There is another plaque in memory of Bishop William Turnbull who, in 1451, received permission from King James II to add the University of Glasgow to the city's cathedral.

The church was remodelled externally in 1803^[1] and internally, by Thomas Greenshields Leadbetter in 1914, at which time sections were also added to create a cruciform plan. The stained glass includes work by Douglas Strachan.^[2] It lies on the southern edge of the village. The church manse lies a further 100m to the south-west.

Bedrule Castle

Bedrule Castle was the 16th century seat of Clan Turnbull. It stood on the west side of the river Rule, where the river forms a bow, enclosing the ground on almost three sides. Only a mound now remains to mark its site, just west of the village.

The slightly more intact remnants of a fortified tower stand on land further to the west. This is locally known as Fulton Tower.

Famous Residents

Bishop William Turnbull
Sir David James Hamilton Dickson RN FRSE (1780-1850) naval surgeon and botanist.^[3] Born in the manse at Bedrule the son of Rev George Dickson and spent his youth here.

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Coordinates: 55°27′17″N 2°37′53″W / 55.45462°N 2.63148°W / 55.45462; -2.63148

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