The hamlet lies on the east side of the Rule Water, which gave the village its name, about 4 miles west of Jedburgh.

– KILLED IN ACTION IN AN ENEMY SUBMARINE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 30TH OCTOBER 1942First Lieutenant of HMS Petard, Anthony Fasson (a native of Lanton, Scottish Borders) died while recovering Enigma code books from a sinking German submarine.

There is another plaque in memory of Bishop William Turnbull who, in 1451, received permission from King James II to add the University of Glasgow to the city's cathedral.

The church was remodelled externally in 1803[4] and internally, by Thomas Greenshields Leadbetter in 1914, at which time sections were also added to create a cruciform plan.

Fast Castle dates from the late 12th century and no much remains of it on the west side of Rule Water.