| |
| | Historical perspective for Earlston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Under its present superior, the Earl of Haddington, the town is governed by a baron bailie; and courts are still held in it, consisting of two ' bourlawmen, ' a survival this of the ancient border ' Birley Courts. |
 | | Earlston is the seat of a presbytery n the synod of Merse and Teviotdale, which was, till recently, for an interval of a century, designated the presbytery of Lauder; the living is worth £298. |
 | | The presbytery of Earlston comprises the parishes of Channelkirk, Earlston, Gordon, Lauder, Legerwood, Mertoun, Smailholm, Stow, and Westruther. |
| www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/towns/townhistory3469.html (1126 words) |
|