Stirches is an area of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, mostly consisting of ex-council housing built in 1973. 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.
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