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
References
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Fogo Bridge (Category A Listed Building) (LB10513)". Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ 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
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Fogo
- RCAHMS/Canmore record for Fogo Bridge
- 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