Caverton Mill, a hamlet in Eckford parish, NE Roxburghshire, on the right bank of Kale Water, 4½ miles SSE of Kelso. It was twice burned by the English, in 1544 and 1553; and it now has a public school. The barony of Caverton belonged anciently to the Soulises.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)