Polwarth

About Polwarth

Polwarth is a small village which lies between Greenlaw and Duns. Polwarth Church's present building was erected in 1703 and incorporates an earlier family vault of the Hume family. In 1683 Sir Patrick Hume was implicated in the Rye House Plot to murder King Charles II and hid in the vault for four weeks, living off food smuggled to him by his faithful daughter, Grizel.