Just as information, Ecclefechan is in Hoddom Parish. Ecclefechan grew substantially around 1800 with incomers from other parishes - farmers, cotton weavers etc. The old parish church in Ecclefechan contains gravestones up to mid 19th century, mainly indigenous families. A new church was built halfway between Ecclefechan and Hoddom, the churchyard containing graves of incoming and later families. There is an old graveyard enclosure at Hoddom with no surviving stones and a graveyard round Repentance Tower to south of Hoddom Castle. Although the new Hoddom Church burnt down the graveyard is still in use, and the grave inscriptions are mostly clearly legible.
Ecclefechan is fairly small, doubled in size by a Council estate, and contains two shops, a rather run-down pub, and a hotel. It includes Thomas Carlyle's birthplace. I stayed there for a week last year to do my own family history research (Murray- five generations), and there isn't much to do but go exploring - a substantial Roman Fort, Roman Camps and Burnswark Iron Age fort and Roman siege camps are the main attraction. Several bus services pass through it and it is very accessible by road (the motorway passes close to it), so it is probably best visited from a base in Annan or Dumfries. There is a good caravan park at Hoddom Castle for those that prefer that mode of travel.
