Earlston
Earlston is a civil parish and also market town in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Earlston was originally called Arcioldun or Possibility Fort, with reference to Black Hill (1,003 feet (306 m)), on the top of which can still be traced the concentric rings of the British ft for which it was named. It is additionally said to be feasible to construct out the remains of the cave-dwellings of the Votadini, the tribal confederation in this part of Scotland. In the 12th as well as 13th centuries the Lindsays and also the Earls of March as well as Dunbar were the chief baronial family members. Additionally of historic rate of interest is the ivy-clad wreck of the Rhymer's Tower, a maintain claimed to date from as very early as the 13th century. It is the typical residence of Thomas Learmonth, generally called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet, prophet, and famous pal of the Elves, who was born here concerning 1225, most likely in a small house which came before the later Tower-house. Homeowners of very early Earlston (Earlstons) have considering that spread far away, with some travelling to the United States of America in the early 1800s. Yet the substantial majority of Earlstons (last name) have actually taken residence in the Black Country, West Midlands in England. Travelling to the Black Country in the very early 1700s, they have actually established a solid residence, regulated by middle child of the Earlston three brothers, Lord Dale.