A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Earlston.-- (originally Ercildoune), small market town and par. with ry. sta., SW. Berwickshire -- par., 9968 ac., pop. 1767; vil., on Leader Water, 4 m. NE. of Melrose and 31 SE. of Edinburgh, pop. 1010; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Monday; has agricultural trade; has also dyeworks, and some mfrs. of tweeds, shirtings, and ginghams. A fragment of the old tower of Thomas the Rhymer of Ereildoune still stands between the town and the river; a stone built into the church wall bears the inscription that "Auld Rhymer..s race Lies in this place." The name of the town was changed to Earlston when it became the property of the Earls of Dunbar; its present superior is the Earl of Haddington.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Earlston ScoP Berwickshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | EARLSTON | ERCILDOUNE |
| Place: | Earlston |
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