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Ruthwell

Ruthwell is a village on the Solway Firth between Annan and Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Ruthwell's most famous inhabitant was the Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan. He was a minister, author, antiquarian, geologist, publisher, philanthropist, artist and businessman. In 1810, Dr Duncan opened the world's first commercial savings bank, paying interest on its investors' modest savings.
In 1818, Duncan restored the Ruthwell Cross, one of the finest Anglo-Saxon crosses in the United Kingdom, now in Ruthwell church, which had been broken up in the Scottish Reformation.

Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera

July 2019 - Ruthwell church.

Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera

Inside the church. The Ruthwell Cross is an Anglo Saxon preaching cross dating from the 7th century and is the oldest cross of its kind on mainland UK.

Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera
Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera
Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera

A wider view of the cross in its annexe to the church.

Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera

Ruthwell Savings Bank Museum.

Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera

The home of the worlds first savings bank.

Ruthwell Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Dorsetcamera

The plaque on the wall of the building.