Borders Family History Society Kirkurd
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Kirkurd is a rural parish on the western boundary of the County of Peebles. It is bounded on the north by West Linton and Newlands with Stobo to the east and Broughton & Skirling to the south. The original parish church is a ruin within the policies of Castlecraig. The current building was erected in 1766. The parish war memorial is a conical stone structure outside the village near the A701.
Old Parish Records cover the periods:
Births: 1705-1854 (Mothers' names are not recorded)
Marriages: 1705-1854
Deaths: 1718-1793 (Mortcloth Dues)
1841 Census - Kirkurd.
1851 Census - Kirkurd.
1861 Census - Kirkurd.
Kirkurd Mortcloth Records 1769-1793.
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Kirkurd Parish Church
Volumes available for consultation within our Archive
Pre 1855 Monumental Inscriptions of Peeblesshire by S.A. Scott published by Scottish Genealogical Society 1971.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
C.D. Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Peebles 1652 to 1716.
Kirkurd Mortcloth Records, Nigel Hardie, Selkirk Genealogy
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Other Sources
The Buildings of Scotland - Borders, Cruft, Dunbar & Fawcett, Yale University Press, London 2006
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-99 vol.10 p.177 :
Kirkhurd , County of Peebles
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1834-45 vol.3 p.127 :
Kirkhurd , County of Peebles
Kirkurd Parochial Board Minute Book, 1846 - 1895; ref: SBA/360/38
Kirkurd Parish Council Minute Book, 1896 - 1930; ref:SBA/360/39
Parish of Kirkurd Abstract of Accounts, 1898 - 1930; ref: SBA/360/40
The National Archives of Scotland
Kirkurd kirk session records (Ref - CH2/233)
Minutes 1779-1793, 1844-1845, 1847, 1853
Cash Book 1794-1878
Heritors' Minutes, transcript 1836-1934
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A 19th century account of Kirkurd
Place and Farm names appearing in census records
1841 census: Kirkurd, Lochurd, Mount, Netherurd West Mains, Highriggs, Harestone Old, Harestone New, Kirkdean, Bryland, Banylaw, Sunyacres, Blinkbony, Tofts, Shaw, Millside, Harestanes Toll, West Mains, Smithy Hill, Castlecraig, Grantshall, Ladyurd, Frosthole
1851 census: Kirkurd, Back of Ridge, Lochurd, Bryland, Old Harestanes, Old Toll, Castle Craig, West Mains, Smithy Hill, Castle Craig, Grants Hall, Ladyurd, Frost Hole, Kaim Ridge End, Mount, Lochurd, Netherurd Mains, Tofts, Bannan Law, Sunny Acres,Sunny Side, Netherurd, Netherurd Mill, Shaw, Millside, Kirkdean.
1861 census: Kirkurd, Old Toll, Old Harestanes, Bryland, Harestanes, West Mains, Smithy Hill, Grant's Hall, Frost Hole, Ladyurd, Castle Craig, Kirkdean, Lochurd, Kamebridge, Mount, Netherurd Mains, Tofts, Sunnyside, Bonna law, Sunnyacres, Netherurd, Shaw.
Population:
Here are some figures showing the parish's population through time:
1755 - 310
1792 - 288
1801 - 327
1831 - 318
1861 - 362
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