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Eddleston
Eddleston is in the north of Peeblesshire with Midlothian to north and east. Innerleithen abuts at the south east corner, Peebles and Lyne are on the south and Newlands is to the west. The parish is in a broad valley through which Eddleston Water runs and which provided the route for both the road and the railway from Edinburgh to Peebles. There has been a church here since the 12th century but the current building dates from the 18th century. The parish is now linked with the Old Parish Church in Peebles. During World War II Polish soldiers were billeted in the area and they constructed a relief map of Scotland in a pond in the grounds of Black Barony Castle, now a hotel and the Scottish Ambulance Services training centre.
Old Parish Records cover the periods:
Births: 1640-1699,1713-1854 (Mothers' names are not recorded until 1780)
Marriages: 1665-1696, 1714-1854
Deaths: 1675-1695, 1714-1854 (Burial records were regularly kept)
A Peeblesshire Miscellany - includes Eddleston baptisms 1697-1699
Parish of Eddleston Deaths 1714-1854
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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages
Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Peebles 1652-1716 (CD)
Pre 1855 Monumental Inscriptions of Peeblesshire
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867
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Map of Eddleston 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. Use the control at the top left of the map to zoom in or out and drag the map left, right, up, or down as you wish.
Map of Eddleston from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947 by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland. Use the control at the top left of the map to zoom in or out and drag the map left, right, up, or down as you wish.
Other Sources
The Buildings of Scotland
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland compiled initially between 1791 and 1799, with a subsequent edition between 1834 and 1845 are a valuable record of the geography, history, economy, people and customs recorded by local ministers. You'll need to search for the parish name
