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| Selkirk Parish is situated in the County of the same name being bounded on the north by the Parishes of Caddonfoot and Galashiels, on the east by the Parishes of Bowden and Lilliesleaf and on the south-east by the Parish of Ashkirk all in Roxburghshire, on the south-west by the parish of Kirkhope and on the west by the Parish of Yarrow. Ashkirk is now linked with the ecclesiastical parish of Selkirk.
Old Parish Records cover the periods:
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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 |
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| Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth century | The burgh of Selkirk, their trades, who controlled them. The baillies sergeants and how they came into being. Continued from issue 25. | 4 pages or more | 26 | Peter Symms |
| Douglas of Springwood Park | The name Douglas would run fear into many Englishmen. This distinguished Border family and its history. | 3 pages or more | 31 | Donald Whyte |
| Coercion or Consensus? The Government of a Border Burgh in the Sixteenth Century | The Burgesses, and how they looked after Selkirk. The privileges that they gave themselves. Continued in issue 26. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Peter Symms |
| The Ancient Crafts of Selkirk | The history of crafts in Selkirk from 1113 with the building of the Border abbeys through to the Union of the Crowns. | 1 page or more | 32 | Jim Newlands |
| Maps | Brief notes about Borders maps available from the Society, and on the Internet. | 1 page or more | 43 | Peter Munro |
| Some Selkirk Worthies | Notes on some Selkirk 'worthies' of old. | 4 pages or more | 82 | George Turnbull |
| Selkirk and Melrose Through Time | Review of the book published by Amberley Publishing. | less than 1 page | 96 | Ronald Morrison |
| Royal Burgh of Selkirk, Regulations and Orders | Regulations and Orders made by the Magistrates of Selkirk 1820. | 1 page or more | 98 | |
| The Muster-Roll of the Jedburgh Company of Volunteers of 1804 | List of men from Sergeants, Corporals, and Privates, it also gives you their trade at the time. Total of men 108. | 2 pages or more | 3 | Sandra Duncan |
| Selkirk Migrants 1850--1865 | A list of emigrants from Selkirk to various parts home and abroad, from the diary of the minister of Selkirk Parish Kirk. | 2 pages or more | 9 | Alison Scott |
| Bondagers of the Borders | Liz Taylor presented a most informative talk to members of the society, this is a short story of Bondagers. | 1 page or more | 9 | Liz Taylor |
| The Walter Mason Papers | The Walter Mason Papers. This is a brief description of the collection held by the museum services of Scottish Borders Council. | 1 page or more | 19 | Walter Elliot |
| Know your Parish: Yarrow | A journey down through the Yarrow valley from top to bottom | 1 page or more | 32 | Audrey Mitchell |
| Selkirk Poor Cases, 1844 | 16 cases of Selkirk Poor from the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (Scotland), 1844. | 2 pages or more | 54 | Peter Munro |
| Police and Criminal Indexing Project | An update on the indexing of the Selkirk Criminal Register. | less than 1 page | 85 | Elma Flaming |
| A.R. Edwards Photographic Archive | Review of the book 'A.R. Edwards Photographic Archive' by Janis Cornwall. | less than 1 page | 95 | |
| The See-Through House: My Father in Full Colour | A review of a book by Shelley Klein, the younger daughter of Bernat Klein, who built a modern house between Selkirk and Ettrick, and who ran a textile design business in Galashiels in the 1950s to 1970s. It is the story of Bernat's life. | less than 1 page | 104 | Enid Cruikshank |
| The Langlands | How a family can be traced with the help of a family Bible | 3 pages or more | 36 | Mrs Prue Langlands |
| A History of the Brydons | For some hundreds of years there has been Brydons in the Borders. From Gilston, Broadmeadows, and overseas. | 2 pages or more | 7 | Mrs Joan Scott Stewart |
| A Canadian Connection | Copies of letters sent from Canada in 1864 - they make very interesting reading. | 2 pages or more | 25 | Jenifer Payne |
| The Haining, Selkirk | A short history of the house and plans for its future. | 1 page or more | 80 | Ronald Morrison |
| Letters of the Andersons of Selkirk | Grateful acknowledgement to Tim Anderson of a transcript of letters of the Andersons of Selkirk, soldiers, surgeons and explorers (1804-1820) with particular reference to Mungo Park and his trip to Africa. | 1 page or more | 91 | |
| Archibald Johnstone, Galashiels weaver and Australian mill owner | The story of Archibald Johnstone from Galashiels who set up a mill in Selkirk (Burn Mill) with his uncle Daniel, who were then persuaded by Peter Bulman (a wool mill engineer and machinist originally from Denholm; a cattle farmer in Australia) to relocate to Australia in Australia to develop a mill (the Waverley mill) in Launceston, Tasmania. The new mill opened in May 1874. Peter Bulman bought out the Johnstones in 1883 and the mill passed to his brother-in-las Robert Hogarth. The mill is still operating at the time of writing. The Johnstones set up a new mill in Hobart (the Johnstone Bros Derwent Mill) with production starting in 1884 using members of the Aiken family from the Borders. Archibald died in 1917. The mill ceased operating in 1939, the building now used for multiple purposes. | 3 pages or more | 105 | Marion Johnstone |
| Tyson Brothers - the Ultimate Sacrifice | The author has traced her husbands back to the Tysons of Selkirk. Bertram Tyson (b1854, Lauder), son of John (1809-1868), a tailor and Euphemia Richardson (1807-1886). Bertram was 1 of 13 children, and married Joan Nichol. They had 9 children; 3 sons were killed in WW1 (John , James Andrew, Bertram). William survived WW1, and his further story and sporting life is described. | 3 pages or more | 109 | Marjorie McLaughlin |
| An Elephantine trip to St Mary's Loch | George Reavly in his history of Galashiels notes that fifty years ago not a gig could be got to hire. One of the largest trips that ever left Galashiels propelled by horse power. On the trip to St Marys Loch. | 2 pages or more | 22 | K. McRae |
| A House United | How a house (Heatherlieburn, Selkirk) built by Richard Leitch in 1862 came to unite two distant Hepburn relatives who had no idea of each other’s existence. | 3 pages or more | 61 | Celia Baylis and Barbara Nichol |
| Diary of James Alexander Sligh aged 18 | A description of a diary kept by a young bank clerk in 1876. Selected extracts are included. | 2 pages or more | 73 | |
| Minute Book of the Cordiners of Selkirk 1785 to 1835 | Some background on the Guild of the Cordiners (Souters) of Selkirk following the donation by Dave Anderson of a transcription of their records. | 2 pages or more | 91 | |
| The Pedigree of the Selkirk Family of Selkirk , Scotland | A family tree of the Selkirk Family. | 2 pages or more | 2 | James Selkirk |
| Border names involved in the Radio Security Service during WW2 | An investigation into the radio listening activity by amateurs in the Borders before, during and after WW2. 5 were recognised by Bletchley Park for their services, including Mrs Ann Thomson (nee McDonald) who was also recognised by the government in July 2019 before she passed away in 2021. A list of local radio enthusiasts in the Borders between the 1930s and 60s are presented. Photographs included. | 4 pages or more | 111 | Bruce McCartney |
| Andrew Currie, Border Sculptor | An account of the life of Andrew Currie, sculptor (1812-1891) born at Howford Farm Yarrow. Won commissions for several well known public monuments including Mungo Park in Selkirk, the Ettrick Shepherd at St Mary's Loch, two characters on the Scott monument in Edinburgh and Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle. Married Isabella Hardie daughter of a Denholm stocking-maker and moved to Earlston to work as a sculptor. A full account of his life and works | 5 pages or more | 78 | Bob Johnstone |
| Local TS Royal Edward KOSB casualties | A list of KOSB casualties. (Additional names and places - William Hogg - Hawick. Also Dumfries and Galloway names - Archibald Strong - Johnstone, Francis Head Cameron - Whithorn, James Dickson + James Gordon - Kirkbean, James Kirkpatrick - Twynham, John McCaig - Port William, Joseph Hunter McMunnies - Tynwald, Joseph Melvin - Glasserton, Matthew Bryson Richardson - Lochmaben, John Telford + Robert Trodden - Annan. | 1 page or more | 101 | Jared Squirrell |
| Alexander Turnbull and his Family | If you have any Turnbulls in your family and you think that you came from the Borders, this is a must for you. Turnbulls from Galashiels, Selkirk and Hawick. | 5 pages or more | 25 | Jane Gibson |
| A Border Lady of the Old School | Interview with Mrs Jane Henderson Thomson Bell aged 83 in 1910 about her life. Written in Scots. | 4 pages or more | 20 | |
| New Collections at the Heritage Hub | County council records, diaries and estate papers were identified amongst the backlog of uncatalogued material at the Scottish Borders Archive. | 4 pages or more | 69 | Juline Baird |
Map of Selkirk 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 Selkirk 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 Selkirk Shawfield Cemetery monumental inscriptions volume are (number of gravestones in brackets): SCOTT (86), SCOTT (83), THOMSON (48), BROWN (42), DOUGLAS (40), BROWN (39), HOGG (38), SCOTT (36), ROBERTSON (31), BROWN (31), ANDERSON (30), DOUGLAS (30), SMITH (29), HENDERSON (26), TURNBULL (26), WILSON (25), HOGG (25), JOHNSTONE (23), HENDERSON (23), ANDERSON (23).
1851 census: Selkirk, Kirkwynd, Haining, Heatherly, Bullsheugh, Greenfoot, Dunsdalehaugh, Shawburn, Elmpark, Haladays Park, Dovecote Park, Knowpark, Philiphaugh, Bowhill, Old Newark, Fastheugh, Broadmeadows, Foulshiels, Fallside, Howden Oakwood, Hartwoodmyers, Shielshaugh, Carterhaugh, Bowhill, Middlestead, Brownmoor, Hartwoodburn, Todrig, Bleachfield, Shawmount, Shaw, Shawpark, Sweepsnest, Linglie, Sunderland Hall, Ralees, Yair, Craig, Williamhope, Greenhead, Whitmuirhall, Ettrickbank.
1861 census: Selkirk, Dunsdale Haugh, Shawburn, Heatherlie, Philiphaugh, Foulshiels, Broadmeadows, Bowhill, Fastheugh, Newark, Oldwark, Carterhaugh, East Fauldshope, Shielshaugh, Oakwood, Hartwoodmyers, Howden, Hainging, Sunderland, Raelees, Yair, Whitmuir, Greenhead.
The population has been recorded as follows:
Bowhill
Bowhill
Rivers Tweed and Ettrick, near Selkirk
Tweed Valley
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