Ashkirk
Houses at Ashkirk
Ashkirk Location within theScottish Borders
Population	139 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	NT4722
Community council	Lilliesleaf, Ashkirk andMidlem
Council area	Scottish Borders
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SELKIRK
Postcode district	TD7
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
List of places UK Scotland 55°29′N2°50′W / 55.48°N 02.84°W /55.48; -02.84

Ashkirk is a small village on theAle Water, in theScottish Borders area ofScotland. It is located just off theA7 road, approximately 6 miles (10 kilometres) each way betweenSelkirk to the north andHawick to the south.

Other places nearby include theAlemoor Loch,Appletreehall,Belses, Essenside Loch, theEttrick Water,Ettrickbridge,Philiphaugh,Salenside andWoll.

The village is home to theWoll golf course,Ashkirk Village Hall, and theSmiddy Bar & Restaurant

Formerly, two thirds of the parish of Ashkirk lay inRoxburghshire and one third inSelkirkshire,^[2] including an enclave of Selkirkshire just east of the village^[3] around Synton. In 1891 a Boundary Commission moved the whole parish into Selkirkshire and added to Ashkirk a detached portion of the parish of Selkirk just west of the village, which was already in Selkirkshire (Todrig).^[4]

• Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles), grew up in Ashkirk.^[5]
• Conservative MPJames Cran spent the latter part of his life in Ashkirk and died there in 2023.
• Doug Davies, Scottish rugby player, was born in Ashkirk.^[6]
• Scottish-Australian poet and bush balladeerWill H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) was born nearKelso, Scottish Borders, and from 1918 to his death he first leased then bought thePresbyterian churchmanse 'Kirklea' on the northside of Ashkirk.^[7] After returning from Australia (1889–1901), Ogilvie became known as the Border poet, including penningGalloping shoes,Over the grass,Handful of leather, andThe road toRoberton. His wife Madge is buried with her parents in nearbyEttrickbridge.

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  A7 major road turn-off
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  Surrounding farming area
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  Road west of village with stone wall
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  Stone bridge over the Ale Water, west of village
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  Ashkirk Church yard
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  Ashkirk Church front (2018)
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  Inside the church
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  Ogilvie family area at church

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