[2] The main families holding land and exerting influence in the area were the Graemes, Armstrongs, Elliots and Bells.

[3] Gilnockie Castle lies immediately left of the north side of Canonbie Bridge, occupying a strong defensive site and was once the seat of the Armstrongs, Lairds of Mangerton.

He ordered all earls, lords, barons, freeholders and gentlemen to meet at Edinburgh with a month's supplies, and then to proceed to Teviotdale and Annandale.

Armstrong was the laird of Kilnockie and was felt by all Scots to be as good a chieftain as there was within the borders, either in Scotland or England.

The village contains a post office/convenience store, a public hall and recreation ground,[5] a primary school, a church, a clock shop,[6] a hairdresser and the Cross Keys Hotel.

[8] Knopper galls were first noted in Scotland at Canonbie in 1995; their distribution is often restricted to old country and urban estates where the Turkey oak has been previously planted.