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![]() Drumelzier stretches across the south of the county of Peebles. It is bordered on the north by the parish of Stobo, to the east by the parish of Manor and by the parish of Yarrow in Selkirkshire, to the south by the parish of Yarrow and the parish of Tweedsmuir and by Lanarkshire to the west and the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho to the north-west. Drumelzier is now one of the linked parishes of Upper Tweeddale. Tinnis Castle would have dominated the village in the middle ages although it is not as well preserved as the nearby Drumelzier Castle. Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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Drumelzier Parish Church
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Peeblesshire Families and Clans | The history of a few Peeblesshire families, Tweedies, Naesmiths, Gledstanes, Veitches, and others. Some very interesting stories come from this chapter. | 3 pages or more | 33 | Malcolm Archibald |
Gravestone Photos | A note on a facility provided by the Society to photograph individual gravestones, a report on one such request for a photograph of a stone to the Rev Gilmour Neil in Drumelzier and a note on his experiences in World War 1 and how he sought to find ' a little Parish, a thousand miles from anywhere'. | 1 page or more | 81 | Ronald Morrison |
Map of Drumelzier from UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey one-inch to the mile (1:63,360), 'Hills' edition, 1885-1903
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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Map of Drumelzier from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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1841 census: Bellspool, Burnfoot, Dalwick, Drumelzier, Easter Stanhope, Haugh Stable, Hopkarton, Kingledors, Kinledoors Hope, Patervan, Polmood, Warde, Wester Dalwick, Wester Stanhope.
1851 census: 1851 census: Bellspool, Dalwick., Drumelzier, Drumelzier Haugh, Hopkarton, Kingledoor, Petervan, Polmood, Stanhope, Ward, Wester Dalwick.
1861 census: 1861 census: Barn Yard, Bellspool, Drumelzier, Drumelzier Haugh, Hopcarton, Kingledoors, Kingledoors Hope, Patervan, Polmood, Stanhope, Wester Dalwick.