The following quotation comes from the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland , edited by John Marius Wilson and published in 1868. Borthwick-water traces the boundary on the south. The soil is in general fertile and well-cultivated. About 100 acres are covered with plantation.
Limestone abounds, and has been of great advantage in improving the arable land.
The principal landowner is the Duke of Buccleuch. The value of assessed property in 1864 was 13,199 pounds 8s. Wilton-lodge, formerly the property of Lord Napier, is charmingly situated on the Teviot, about a mile above Hawick. The small wing of the parish which lies on the right bank of the Teviot, forms part of what is called the Sandbed, and is the site of Hawick grammar-school, and of a small portion of the town. Wilton suburb consists principally of a long street, which commences near the end of the old bridge across the Teviot, and files away in the segment of a circle behind the town's 'common haugh'.