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4 unusual facts about Durisdeer


Durisdeer

Adjoining the church is the slightly earlier Queensberry Aisle, burial place of the dukes, also by Smith, with a large marble monument to the second Duke (1662-1711) and Mary, his duchess, carved by Jan van Nost.

Durisdeer was included in the 1978 film version of The Thirty Nine Steps, starring Robert Powell.

The parish church, a category A listed building in the village, also serves Drumlanrig Castle, the 17th-century home of the Duke of Queensberry.

Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton

Wharton and Lennox left Carlisle on the 20th, sending on Henry Wharton to burn Drumlanrig and Durisdeer.


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