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Makerstoun

Makerstoun is a small Parish in north east Roxburghshire being bounded by the Parishes of: Smailholm on the north, Kelso on the east, Roxburgh on the south and Maxton and Mertoun in Berwickshire to the west. Makerstoun is now one of the Kelso Country Churches - the others are Nenthorn, Roxburgh, Smailholm & Stichill - which is linked with Kelso Old Parish Church & Sprouston.

Old Parish Records cover the periods:

Births: 1692 to 1854.
Marriages: 1716 to 1854.
Deaths: 1785 to 1805.

Makerstoun Parish Church

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1841 census Makerstoun.
1851 census Makerstoun.
1861 census Makerstoun.
Monumental Inscriptions No 9 Roxburghshire 1994 edited by Elspeth Ewan - includes:
- Hearth Tax
- List of ministers
- War Memorial transcription
- Notes on Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae

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Volumes available for consultation within our Archive

The Churches and Graveyards of Roxburghshire by Dr. G.A.C. Binnie 2001.
Rutherford's Southern Counties Register and Directory 1867.
County Directory of Scotland 1912 - Borders Towns and Villages.
The Makerstoun Minstrel - Dr. George Paxton by A.T.R.The Southern Annual, 1957 .
CD-ROM Pigot's 1837 Directory of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire.
CD-ROM Land Ownership Commission Report 1872 -1873.

Magazine Articles;

Please note that the heading Author includes persons who have compiled or transcribed records; and that the topics indexed, and the synopses are subjective opinions.
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Title	Synopsis	Size Description	Issue No	Author
Rob of Trows	Born at Birgham, Rob was a favourite with anglers of all classes, "peer and peasant alike". A boatman of great distinction on the Tweed.	2 pages or more	18	Mrs M. E. Mason
The relationship of place names and personal names	The relationship is two fold: (1) Place names derived from personal names, (2) Personal names derived or adopted from place names.	1 page or more	21	Jessie Macdonald
Sir Thomas Brisbane - His Link with the Borders	From a request to Kelso Museum for details on Sir Thomas Brisbane. A history of Makerston and the City of Brisbane He was also a keen astronomer. Very interesting.	2 pages or more	8	Zilla Oddy
Thistle and Shamrock	A very well researched article on family history covering Rutherford, Brown, Atkin, and more. The Irish connection would make it very difficult.	2 pages or more	9	John L. Alton
Rob of Trows	A very prince of a Tweed boatman. That was the description of Rob by Sir Robert Maxwell in his Book "The Story of the Tweed".	2 pages or more	19

Map of Makerstoun 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 Makerstoun 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.

20 Most Common Surnames

The 20 most common surnames on gravestones recorded by us in the Makerstoun monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): WILSON (8), HAY MAKDOUGALL (6), SCOTT (6), FAIRBAIRN (5), OLIVER (5), MURRAY (5), GRAY (4), BROWN (3), RUTHERFORD (3), PATTERSON (3), LAWSON (3), PATERSON (3), JOHNSTON (3), THOMSON (3), SHEPHERD (2), CHISHOLM (2), FOSTER (2), DAVIDSON (2), JOHNSTONE (2), HENDERSON (2).

Other Sources;

The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire and adjacent Districts by Alexander Jeffrey, 1864.
Two Centuries of Borders Church Life by J Tait Kelso 1891.
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.

Scottish Borders Archives, The Hub Hawick

School Records

Makerstoun School Board Minute Book and Ledgers 1873 to 1919 (Ref - R/ED/1/64-66).
School Log Books 1910 to 1974 (Ref - R/ED/2/57-59).
School Registers 1921 to 1973.

Poor Law

Makerstoun Parish Pay Roll Registered Poor 1855 to 1930 (Ref - R/PR/1/27/1).
Makerstoun Parochial Board Parish Council Minute Book 1886 to 1933 (Ref - R/PR/1/15/1).
Makerstoun Parochial Board Record of applications for Poor Relief (Ref - R/PR/1/15/3).
Makerstoun Parochial Board Record of applications for Poor Relief 1855 to 1927 (Ref - R/PR/1/15/4).
Makerstoun Parish Inspectors' Pay Cash Book 1920 to 1930 (Ref - R/PR/1/15/5).
Makerstoun Parish General Register of Poor 1921 to 1929 (Ref - R/PR/15/6).

Kelso Archives

Men enrolled in the militia 1807 to 1809, 1816 to 1825 and 1831 (Ref - SBA/183).

The National Archives of Scotland Edinburgh

Makerstoun Parish Church (Ref - CH2/1320)

Minutes 1716 to 1804 and 1807 to 1969.
Accounts 1720 to 1806.

Makerstoun Free Church (Ref - CH3/159)

Kirk Session Minutes 1846 to 1936.

Websites

A Hay family Website - contains historical details and photographs of the Parish.
Stobie's Map of Roxburghshire of 1770.
The RCAHMS website Scotland's Places contains details of;

Farm Horse tax 1797-1798.
Medical Officer's of Health Reports 1891.

Place and Farm names in Census Records;

1841 census: Dunfield, Manorhill, Greatridgehall, Alderstone, Charterhouse, Luntonlaw, Ettrickbraes, Haymount, Muirdean, Stodridge, Suckleridge.

1851 census: Dunfield, Manorhill, Greatridgehall, Charterhouse, Muirdean, Haymount, Luntonlaw, Ettrickbraes, Suckleridge, Stodridge.

1861 census: Muirdean, Luntonlaw, Haymount, Ettrickbraes, Manorhill, Charterhouse, Greatridgehall, Suckleridge, Stodridge.

Population

The population has been recorded as follows:

1755 - 165
1801 - 248
1811 - 352
1821 - 345
1831 - 326
1841 - 355
1851 - 345
1861 - 380
1881 - 361

Roxburghshire map