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Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Earlston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
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.
