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Edward VII postbox, East End, Earlston
Postbox No. TD4 33.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 7 Sep 2017
0.03 miles
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An old headstone in Earlston Parish Churchyard
This old stone is dated 1721 and displays emblems of mortality in the form of the Sexton's tools of spade and turf cutter, a skull with crossed bones and an hourglass. It is thought that when the hourglass is horizontal it indicates that time has ran out for the departed, but when it is upright it indicates time is running out for the passer-by. The flower is a symbol of immortality and the winged soul above is a symbol of the immortality of the human soul.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jun 2008
0.04 miles
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The east side of Earlston
Viewed from the northeast end of White Hill with the school playing field in the foreground.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 8 Mar 2009
0.05 miles
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Earlston Parish Churchyard
Some of the memorials such as the symbolic stone in the foreground date back to the 18th century.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jun 2008
0.05 miles
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Earlston Parish Church of Scotland
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 3 Sep 2006
0.05 miles
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A symbolic gravestone at Earlston Parish Churchyard
Faint traces of a winged soul, a symbol of immortality, can be made out at the head of the stone, and the open book is often regarded as the bible to show religious devotion. The scales can either be the emblem of a merchant or represent the weighing of the soul on the Day of Judgement. I’d probably go for a merchant here as some kind of implement is below the scales. Unfortunately, the inscription has weathered badly.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jan 2024
0.06 miles
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Earlston parish church
Image: © Alan Reid
Taken: 16 Jul 2016
0.06 miles
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Detail at Earlston Parish Church
A close up of the detailing on the Brown memorial
Image] displaying emblems of mortality in the form of an hourglass and skull with crossed bones.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jun 2008
0.06 miles
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Memorials at Earlston Parish Church
These 17th and 18th century carved memorials for the owners of Park Farm are set into the southeast external wall of the church. A stone on the far left, transferred from an older building, marks the successors of Thomas the Rhymer. It is inscribed:-
AULD:RYMR
RACE
LYES.IN:THIS
PLACE
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jun 2008
0.06 miles
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Earlston Parish Church
A red sandstone Victorian (1892) church with a tower, located at the east end of Earlston. The churchyard contains a good variety of memorials, including 18th and 19th century table tombs and obelisks.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jun 2008
0.06 miles