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Foulden is situated in the south east corner of Berwickshire with the Parish of Ayton to the north by, the Parish of Mordington to the east, the Parish of Hutton is on the south and the Parish of Chirnside is on the west. Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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| Title | Synopsis | Size Description | Issue No | Author |
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| Smallholdings at Foulden, Mordington and Lamberton | A summary of Brian Patten’s talk on 17th March 2002. | 3 pages or more | 49 | Brian Patten |
| Farms And Smallholdings at Foulden - 1920-21 | Transcription of Valuation Rolls for Foulden | 1 page or more | 50 | Brian Patten |
| A walk around Foulden in the thirties and forties | The following article was written by Jean Greenland for her granddaughters. She lived in the Manse at Foulden and travelled mostly on foot to all the surrounding area with her parents. Very good. | 2 pages or more | 32 | Jean Greenland |
| Mentions of the Ramsays of Foulden family | An account of the history of the Ramsays of Foulden in Berwickshire from the 13th century | 2 pages or more | 92 | Gregory Lauder-Frost |
Map of Foulden 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 Foulden from UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947
by kind permission of the National Library of Scotland.
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The 20 most common surnames on gravestones recorded by us in the Foulden and Mordington monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): MURRAY (31), WILSON (22), RENTON (17), PURVES (17), SCOTT (15), JEFFREY (14), SMITH (13), WOOD (11), JOHNSTON (10), COWE (10), PATERSON (10), PATTERSON (8), DARLING (8), BROWN (8), THOMPSON (7), ANDERSON (7), DAVIDSON (7), MILLER (7), CRAIG (7), COCKBURN (7).
A brief description of the parish
RCHAMS website Scotland's Places contains details of
1841 census: Foulden, Burnbank, Foulden Lone, Foulden Newton, Foulden Mill, Foulden Bastle, West Mains, New Mains, Hagg, Moorpark, Nunlands, Newfarm, Foulden Hill, St. Johns Greenfield, Deans, Greenlaw.
1851 census: Foulden, Burnbank, Foulden Mill, Foulden Bastle, Newton, New Mains, Hagg, Moorpark, Foulden Hill, Greenfield, St. John's, Newfarm, Deans, Greenlaw, Nunlands, West Mains.
1861 census: Foulden Newton, Bastle, West Mains, Newmains, Burnbank, Foulden Lone, Foulden Hagg, Mosspark, Newfarm, Foulden Hill, Greenfield, St. Johns, Nunlands, Foulden Deans, Greenlaw, Bastle Barn.
The population has been recorded as follows: