Edrington
Edrington is a medieval estate in the lower part of Mordington parish, Berwickshire, Scotland, historically dominated by a castle on a steep bank above the Whiteadder Water. The castle site occupies the summit above the old Edrington Mill and gave its name to the estate; the ruin is still marked on modern maps. The estate was long held by the Lauder family.
Its prime
1542
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1542
What Edrington looked like in its prime.
The castle crowns the summit of a steep, grassy bank above the Whiteadder Water, occupying a compact plateau immediately above the mill and river bend. In 1542 it appears as a fully roofed medieval stone stronghold whose massing of roofs and masonry terraces steps down the slope; rooflines and stone walls form a low, rectilinear silhouette against the sky. From the river and surrounding fields the site reads as a single fortified cluster perched above the watercourse.
Its story
The story of Edrington.
Edrington is a medieval estate in the lower part of Mordington parish, Berwickshire, five miles west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. From probably the 14th century, if not earlier, a castle occupied the summit of the steep bank above Edrington Mill on the Whiteadder Water — "a place of considerable strength and importance". Edrington appears far earlier in record: charters of King Edgar, circa 1097, granted the profits of the mansions of Foulden and Edrington.
The estate was long held by the Lauder family, who had campaigned with both Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce — the king appointed Sir Robert de Laweder of the Bass Justiciar of Lothian before 1316. On 14 December 1425 the King confirmed "Robert de Lawedre of Edringtoun, knight" in the family estates, including the Crag, Balgone, the Bass, Edrington, Simprin, Easter Pencaitland and Newhall.
Lauder lairds of Edrington recur through the 15th century: "Robert de Lawedre Lord of Edrington" witnessed a charter to Patrick de Dunbar of Biel signed at the castle of Biel in 1452, and a 1474 charter of Robert Lauder junior, "Lord of Edringtoun", was confirmed at Edinburgh in 1475, witnessed by his father, Robert Lauder of Bass. The castle ruin is still marked on today's Ordnance Survey maps.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1542.
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Clans who held Edrington.
The families that held Edrington for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Lauder
The Lauder family long held Edrington; Robert de Lawedre of Edrington, knight, was confirmed in the estate in 1425.
