Everything about Kirk Yetholm totally explained
Kirk Yetholm is a village in the
Scottish Borders, eight miles (13 km) southeast of
Kelso and about half a mile west of the
border itself.
The
Border public house in the village is the official end of the
Pennine Way. Kirk Yetholm has for two centuries been the head-quarters of the
Romani people (
Gypsies) in Scotland. A memorial stone can be found on the village green.
Its sister town is
Town Yetholm which lies just across the Bowmont Water Valley.
Place-name meanings
Yetholm means either:
- the goats' island from Old English gat 'goat' and Old Norse holmr (island, holme)
- village with a gate - from Old English geat-ham 'gate village'
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