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ANCRUM, village and parish, near centre of Roxburghshire. The village stands on Ale river, near Ancrum bridge, on the Teviot, 3J miles north-north-west ^ of Jedburgh ; is near the site of an ancient Caledonian fort ; had a monastery of the time of David I. and a large establishment of the knights of Malta, and now has a post office under Jedburgh, an ancient cross, a parochial church, a Free church, and a public school with about 144 scholars. Pop. 430. The parish is 6 miles long, and comprises 10,295 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 15,586. Pop. 1360. The surface is pleasantly diversified, and includes considerable eminences, but is nowhere hilly. The river Teviot traces all the south-eastern boundary, and the Ale runs through the centre, and has a reach of rocky banks pierced with numerous artificial caves. Ancrum Moor, on the north-east border, was the scene of a battle between the Scotch and the English in 1545. Ancrum House, in vicinity of the village, is the seat of Sir William Scott, Bart. , and was a fine old baronial mansion, but suffered such utter destruction by fire in 1873 as to require being rebuilt. Chesters House, on the Teviot, is another fine seat.
