Town Yetholm
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 33 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | KELSO | ||
| ZIP code section | TD5 | ||
| prefix | 01573 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Scottish Borders | ||
| British Parliament | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | ||
Town Yetholm is a village in the south of the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Roxburghshire . It is located about ten kilometers southeast of Kelso on the left bank of Bowmont Water . The Scottish-English border runs around three kilometers to the east. Town Yetholm is at an altitude of about 115 m.
Jean Gordon , who was drowned in Eden after 1746 , was from Yetholm. She formed the basis for Meg Merrilees in Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering .
history
Yetholm consists of two localities, the older Kirk Yetholm and the younger Town Yetholm. In the 12th century the place was called Yetham or Jetham , which means "hamlet at the transition" and indicates the location in the English-Scottish border area. Town Yetholm once had the status of a Burghs of Barony . To the northwest on a hill was a tower house . It was owned by Andrew Ker of Greenhead and was demolished around 1837.
Yetholm was one of the largest and earliest Roma settlements in Scotland. The earliest evidence of a Roma population in the region dates back to 1505. Since settlement in other regions of Scotland can be traced back to the 15th century, the Roma are likely to have arrived in Yetholm earlier. The last Roma king, Yetholm, a son of the last kings Esther Faa Blythe , died shortly after 1902.
Due to its location near the English border, it is estimated that around 20% of the residents made their living smuggling whiskey into England, with a turnover of up to £ 20,000. Activities ended in the 1830s at the latest. On the second Wednesday in July there was once a sheep market in Town Yetholm. The local weekly market was no longer held in the 1880s.
In 1412 a chapel was built on the site, which was subordinate to the Kelso Abbey . With the Hoselaw Chapel , the local pastor Thomas Leishman built a new chapel on the site from 1906.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b c d e Yetholm in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.
- ↑ Entry on Thirlestane Tower in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
