Scotland St. Cuthbert's Way

Our next stop Yetholm Youth Hostel

Yetholm is actually a twin village of Town Yetholm and Kirk Yetholm. Both villages are very unusual in Scotland as they have a number of thatched huts and houses.

The name Yetholm means "gate town", and the villages were described as frontline during the various wars between England and Scotland.
The cross-border turbulence meant that permanent settlement in Yetholm could not have begun until the end of the 19th century. However, the area had long been home to the Jetholm gypsies.