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See also:EARLSTON (formerly ERCILDOUNE, of which it is a corruption) , a See also:parish and See also:market See also:town of See also:Berwickshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1049. It is situated on See also:Leader See also:Water in See also:Lauderdale, 722 M. S.E. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway See also:branch See also:line from Reston Junction to St Boswells, and about 4 M. N.E. of See also:Melrose. When the See also:place was a See also:hamlet of See also:rude huts it was called Arcioldun or " Prospect Fort," with reference to See also:Black See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (1003 ft.), on the See also:top of which may yet be traced the See also:con-centric rings of the British fort by which it was crowned. It is said to be possible to make out the remains of the See also:cave-dwellings of the Ottadeni, the See also:aborigines of the See also:district. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lindsays and the earls of See also:March and See also:Dunbar were the See also:chief baronial families. The particular See also:link with the remote past, however, is the See also:ivy-clad ruin of the See also:ancient See also:tower, " The Rhymer's See also:Castle," the traditional See also:residence of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Learmont, commonly called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet and See also:prophet, and friend of the Fairies, who was See also:born here about 1225. Rhymer's Tower was crumbling to pieces; and its stones were being used in the erection of dykes, cottages and houses, when the Edinburgh Border Counties Association acquired the relic and surrounding lands in 1895, and took steps to prevent further spoliation and decay. The leading manufactures are ginghams, tweeds and shirtings, and the town is also an important agricultural centre, stock sales taking place at See also:regular intervals and See also:cattle and See also:horse fairs being held every See also:year. Some 3 M. away is the See also:estate of Bemersyde, said to have been in the See also:possession of the Haigs for nearly moo years. The prospect from Bemersyde Hill was See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's favourite view. The castle at Bemersyde was erected in 1535 to secure the See also:peace of the Border.
End of Article: EARLSTON (formerly ERCILDOUNE, of which it is a corruption)
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