Stirches Explained

Stirches is an area of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, mostly consisting of ex-council housing built in 1973.^[1] It is often considered to be one of the more desirable housing schemes in the town.

See also

• Wilton Dean
• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• List of places in Scotland
• John James Scott-Chisholme, a native of Stirches, and a cavalry officer in the Second Anglo-Boer War who died heroically. He was a pupil at Loretto School, Musselburgh.

References

55.4338°N -2.7928°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Hawick Word Book, by Douglas Scott.