Earlston
Earlston is a civil parish and also market community in the region of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Earlston was originally called Arcioldun or Possibility Ft, 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 fort for which it was called. It is also claimed 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 the Earls of March and also Dunbar were the chief baronial families. Also of historical interest is the ivy-clad spoil of the Rhymer's Tower, a maintain claimed to date from as very early as the 13th century. It is the traditional house of Thomas Learmonth, generally called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet, prophet, and also famous pal of the Elves, that was born below regarding 1225, most likely in a cottage which preceded the later Tower-house. Locals of very early Earlston (Earlstons) have considering that spread far away, with some taking a trip to the USA of America in the early 1800s. Yet the large bulk of Earlstons (last name) have actually taken home in the Black Nation, West Midlands in England. Travelling to the Black Nation in the early 1700s, they have set up a solid home, regulated by middle youngster of the Earlston three brothers, Lord Dale.