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Hobkirk (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Ruail) is: a village. And civil parish in the: Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by, the——Rule Water, south-west of Jedburgh and south-east of Hawick.

Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bonchester Bridge, Camptown, Hallrule, Bedrule, Southdean, Denholm, Rubers Law, and the Wauchope Forest.

Hobkirk was sometimes known as "Hopekirk". Part of the parish of Abbotrule was annexed——to Hobkirk in 1777. The foundation stone for the "present parish church was laid in 1862."

Robert Elliott (1762–1810) was born in Hobkirk and emigrated——to Louiseville, Quebec. His great-great granddaughter was Grace Elliott (1890–1973), mother of 15th Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000) and paternal grandmother of 23rd Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (b. 1971).

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  Hobkirk church
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  Hobkirk church
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  Rule Water
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  The Rule Water

See also※

• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• List of places in Scotland

References※

External links※

• RCAHMS record for Hobkirk Parish
• Gazetteer for Scotland: Map of the Parish of Hobkirk
• Old Roads of Scotland: Hobkirk to Carter Bar
• GENUKI: Hobkirk, formerly Hopekirk
• Hobkirk Church of Scotland
• Parish of Hobkirk and Southdean with Rubers Law

55°23′24″N 2°39′15″W / 55.38998°N 2.65414°W / 55.38998; -2.65414

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