{{Short description|Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} thumb|right|300px|Bridge over the Rule Water at Hallrule '''Hallrule''' is a hamlet on the B6357 road, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the Rule Water, near Abbotrule, Bedrule, Bonchester Bridge, Denholm, Hobkirk, Ruletownhead and to the south, the Wauchope Forest. It belongs to Hobkirk parish and lies in Roxburghshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rosbroig).
The feudal barony of Hallrule in the Baronage of Scotland is one of the older ones, dating back to at least the early 16th century. The settlement and the possibility to accommodate important guests are far older: Edward 1st of England (Longshanks) stayed in "Rule" in 1298 after the Battle of Falkirk.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Mapping The Itinerary of King Edward I | url=https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Mapping_The_Itinerary_of_King_Edward_I/8948699 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224224102/https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Mapping_The_Itinerary_of_King_Edward_I/8948699 | access-date=2026-01-25 | archive-date=2024-02-24}}</ref>
The renownedly fierce border Clan Turnbull had its seat around Rule, mainly in Bedrule with further lands in Wells and the hamlet of Hallrule Mill as well as in Hallrule itself. The village's name in 1502 was Hawroull, however, earlier recordings suggest the main town in the area to have been "Rule", probably located at the site of today's Town-o Rule-farm.<ref name="Cairn">{{Cite web| title=Development near Hallrule Farm, Bonchester Bridge, Scottish Borders | url=https://scottishborders.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s37444/ARCHAEOLOGY_REPORT-NOR%206.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251212111712/https://scottishborders.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s37444/ARCHAEOLOGY_REPORT-NOR%206.pdf | archive-date=2025-12-12}}</ref> The fortified Tower house "Hallrule Tower" <ref>{{Cite web | title=Hallrule Tower (site of) {{!}} Castle in Hobkirk, Roxburghshire {{!}} Stravaiging around Scotland | url=https://www.stravaiging.com/history/castle/hallrule-tower/ | access-date=2026-01-25 | website=www.stravaiging.com}}</ref> was held by George Turnbull. It was burned in 1523 and again in 1544 by the army of Lord Hertford.<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Hamilton Papers'', 1 (Edinburgh, 1890), pp. lxviii, 305.</ref> thumb|Hallrule manor house
Hallrule is a name associated with Border Collie and Rough Collie breeding, Hemp of Hallrule being a well-known name in Border Collie pedigrees.<ref name= Dog>{{cite web | title=Border Collie pedigree database | url=http://db.bordercollie.ru/details.php?id=63284 }}</ref> The nearby manorial Hallrule House, dating to the early 1800s, was the seat of Sir Robert Usher, owner of the Hallrule and Wells estates. It became the home of Sir Stuart Usher and his family in 1950 <ref name= House>{{cite web | title=Houses Three | url=http://www.the-house-of-usher.co.uk/houses3.htm }}</ref> until the house of Usher had to sell it in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Usher family and Hallrule {{!}} The Herald | url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12067289.usher-family-and-hallrule/ | access-date=2026-01-25 | website=www.heraldscotland.com}}</ref>
Hallrule farm, now a holiday site as well as farming venison,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Hallrule Farms {{!}} Scottish Land & Estates | url=https://www.scottishlandandestates.co.uk/helping-it-happen/case-studies/hallrule-farms | access-date=2026-01-25 | website=www.scottishlandandestates.co.uk}}</ref> was also the site of a burial cairn, indicating a prehistoric settlement around Hallrule but removed in the 19th century.<ref name="Cairn"/> Prehistoric occupation of the area is also suggested by the proximity of the Bonchester hillfort.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Atlas of Hillforts: Bonchester Hill | url=https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/SC3294.html | access-date=2026-01-25 | website=hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>
==See also== *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland *List of Scottish feudal baronies
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==External links== *[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=55306 RCAHMS: Hallrule, Cairn, cinerary urn] *[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=55324 RCAHMS: Hallrule, Tower House, village] *[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/55324/details/hallrule/ CANMORE/RCAHMS: Hallrule] *[http://www.the-house-of-usher.co.uk/houses3.htm Hallrule House and Hallrule Estate] *[http://www.farmingscotland.com/index.php?controller=Default&action=Shownews&id=137&name=Sheep Farming Scotland: Sheep farming at Hallrule Farm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405055924/http://www.farmingscotland.com/index.php?controller=Default&action=Shownews&id=137&name=Sheep |date=5 April 2010 }} *[http://www.branxholme.com/ Branxholme Gun dogs: Keepers Day at Hallrule estate]
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Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders