Smailholm

Smailholm (Scots: Smailhowm)[1] is a small village in the historic county of Roxburghshire in south-east Scotland.

Since local government reorganisation in Scotland in the early 1970s, Smailholm has been part of the Scottish Borders Council.

[2] In early mediaeval times, the village was larger than it is now and was divided into three separate parts, named East Third, West Third, and Overtown.

Some of the ministers in the early years of the reformed church include David Forsyth, Archibald Oswald, and James Hunter.

Smailholm Tower, one in a string of Borders keeps guarding the Tweed valley, was built not later than the early 15th century, when it was held by the powerful Pringle family,[4] four of whom were killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.