Kirkpatrick-Fleming

Kirkpatrick-Fleming (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Phàdraig) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

The name is derived from the parish church, dedicated to St Patrick, and the Fleming family, the local landowners who resided at Redhall.

[1] The medieval parish church was given to Gisborough Priory in Cleveland by Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale, around 1170, though this connection lapsed after 1330.

Here the fleeing king is supposed to have watched a spider swinging from one side of the cave to the other, which gave rise to the saying "if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again".

Due to a legacy left to the parish by a former resident, Ann Hill, the archaeology and history of Kirkpatrick Fleming have been studied in two volumes both published by the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society:[citation needed] KP is a virtual football club from the village.