Earlston (Scots: Yerlston)[3] is a civil parish and market town in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.

But the vast majority of Earlstons (surname) have taken residence in the Black Country, West Midlands in England.

Travelling to the Black Country in the early 1700s, they have set up a strong residence, governed by middle child of the Earlston three brothers, Lord Dale.

Between 1959 and 1961, what has been described as a "fashionable reduction and remodelling" took place, which removed the servants wing to the north and modified that to the west, restoring more of the dominant character of the Great Tower.

In an article written by James Hardy in 1886 for the History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1885-1886, it is stated that: Half way down the drive to Carolside, grow three small maple trees and a hawthorn on what was once a knoll (now levelled).

A stone which marks that Auld Rhymer's race lies in this place was transferred to the new kirk in 1736, and again to the most recent (1892) Victorian version in red sandstone, where it is somewhat dominated by carved memorials to the owners of the local Park Farm.

In 1897/98 Very Rev William Mair, minister of Earlston, served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

[6] Earlston Golf Club has, however, continued to have outings and competitions to various other courses in the country to this day.

At an Earlston Golf Club Committee Meeting in 2000, it was agreed to pursue the purchase of land to build a course on the Moon.