Earlston

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Earlston
Square in the center of Earlston
Square in the center of Earlston
Coordinates 55 ° 38 ′  N , 2 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 38 ′  N , 2 ° 41 ′  W
Earlston (Scotland)
Earlston
Earlston
Residents 1779 2011 census
administration
Post town EARLSTON
ZIP code section TD4
prefix 01896
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Scottish Borders
British Parliament Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

Earlston is a village in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Berwickshire . It is located around five kilometers northeast of Melrose and 15 km northwest of Kelso on the left bank of Leader Water , which flows into the Tweed a few kilometers south .

history

In the middle of the 12th century there was a church in Earlston, which was under the Kelso Abbey . Today's Earlston Parish Church was built in 1736.

In the 13th century, the seer Thomas the Rhymer (also Thomas of Ercildoun (a medieval spelling of "Earlston")) lived in a tower in Earlston. However, a peel tower on site known as Rhymer's Tower dates back to the 16th century. In 1493, a fortress called Coudenknollis is recorded about one kilometer south of Earlston. The largely destroyed probably in the early 16th century buildings formed the nucleus of today's mansion Cowdenknowes House . With Carol Side is another mansion located northwest of the village.

In 1489 Earlston was made a Burgh of Barony . The village developed as a location for the textile industry. Agricultural equipment is also manufactured there.

Earlston already had more than 1000 inhabitants in the 19th century. From 1951 the number of inhabitants increased steadily. As part of the 2011 census survey, 1779 people were counted in Earlston.

traffic

On the western edge of Earlston from ending Berwick-upon-Tweed coming A6105 . It forms the main thoroughfare of the village. The A68 ( Darlington - Edinburgh ) passes directly to the west . In 1865 Earlston got its own station along the newly opened Berwickshire Railway . The route from St Boswells crosses the Tweed south of Earlston on the imposing Leaderfoot Viaduct . The route ended in Reston , connecting the Waverley Line with the East Coast Main Line . Just like the railway line, however, the station has now been abandoned.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ^ A b Earlston in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.
  3. ↑ Entry on Earlston Parish Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Entry on Rhymer's Tower  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Entry on Cowdenknowes House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  7. ↑ Entry on Carolside  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  8. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  9. ↑ 2011 census
  10. ↑ Information on the Berwickshire Railway

Web links

Commons : Earlston  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files