Fogo, Scottish Borders

Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland

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Human settlement in Scotland

Fogo

Fogo

Location within the Scottish Borders

Population| 161 (2001)
OS grid reference| NT7649
Civil parish|

* Fogo

Council area|

* Scottish Borders

Lieutenancy area|

* Berwickshire

Country| Scotland
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Duns
Postcode district| TD11
Dialling code| 01360
Police| Scotland
Fire| Scottish
Ambulance| Scottish
UK Parliament|

* Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Scottish Parliament|

* Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

List of places

Scotland

55°43′54″N 2°18′03″W﻿ / ﻿55.7318°N 2.3008°W﻿ / 55.7318; -2.3008

Fogo is a village in the county of Berwickshire, in the Borders of Scotland, 3 miles south of Duns, on the Blackadder Water.

The name Fogo means "foggage pit, den or hollow" as well as a portmanteau of fog and hollow.

The village contains two Category A listed buildings; the bridge, a single span, round-arched bridge spanning Blackadder Water[1] and the church, founded c.1100 and rebuilt in 1755.[2]

Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Gavinton, the Greenknowe Tower, Greenlaw, Edrom, Eccles, Hume Castle, Leitholm, Longformacus, Polwarth, Swinton, and Westruther.

## See also

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* Fogo Priory, Prior of Fogo
* List of places in the Scottish Borders
* List of places in Scotland

## References

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1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Fogo Bridge (Category A Listed Building LB10513)". Retrieved 21 March 2019.
2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Fogo Kirk, Church of Scotland, including Inner and Outer Graveyards, Boundary Walls and Lych Gate (Category A Listed Building LB10512)". Retrieved 21 March 2019.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fogo, Scottish Borders.

* Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Fogo
* Historic Environment Scotland. "Fogo Bridge (Site no. NT74NE 1)".
* Scottish Borders Council: Fogo Nursery at Fogo Old School
* BBC: Coat of arms of Gavinton, Fogo and Polwarth explained
* GENUKI: Fogo
* Ancestor research at Fogo Parish Churchyard, Berwickshire
* History of Fogo Kirk
* Old Roads of Scotland: Fogo

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Berwickshire towns and villages

* Abbey St Bathans
* Allanton
* Auchencrow
* Ayton
* Birgham
* Burnmouth
* Chirnside
* Cockburnspath
* Coldingham
* Coldstream
* Cove
* Duns
* Earlston
* Edrom
* Eyemouth
* Fogo
* Foulden
* Gavinton
* Gordon
* Grantshouse
* Greenlaw
* Hume
* Hutton
* Lauder
* Leitholm
* Longformacus
* Oxton
* Paxton
* Preston
* Reston
* St Abbs
* Swinton
* Whitsome

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